Legal Opinion
Roundtree v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 2, 1990No. 86-1382PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
Appellant was convicted by a jury on one count of sodomy, D.C.Code § 22-3502 (1989), and one count of tampering with physical evidence, id. § 22-723. On appeal, he challenges the trial court’s refusal to permit him to cross-examine the complaining witness about her previous allegations of sexual assaults by other men. Additionally, appellant claims that the trial court improperly excluded evidence about the condition of the genitalia of the complaining witness, who was allegedly suffering from a venereal disease at the time of the incident. He also contends that the…
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