Legal Opinion

Darweshi McRoy v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided January 15, 2015No. 12-CF-1797PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FISHER, Associate Judge:

After a jury trial, appellant Darweshi McRoy was convicted of thirteen counts of first-degree and second-degree child sexual abuse with aggravating circumstances. 1 On appeal, he argues that the trial court should not have allowed the government to “impeach” one of its own witnesses with a videotaped statement. In addition, he contends that the court should have granted a mistrial when a witness revealed that appellant had spent time in jail, and that the evidence was insufficient to support one of his convictions. For the following reasons, we affirm in part and…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
  5. Rivas v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001

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3Cited by12 opinions

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