Scott v. United States

YEAGLEY, Associate Judge,

Retired:

Appellants were found guilty by a jury of statutory rape under D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2801 1 and brought this appeal. Finding error in the record, we reverse.

At the time of the crime the complainant, herein referred to as A. J., was 13 years old. The day before the crime, her parents had forbidden her to see her boyfriend, Michael, then 15 years old. Nevertheless, on April 2, 1976, A. J. went to Michael’s house after school and initiated sexual intercourse with him. A. J. requested him to let her stay overnight, but he told her she could not and began walking her…