Legal Opinion
Jones v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 31, 2002No. 00-CF-1109PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REID, Associate Judge.
Appellant Otis M. Jones was convicted of first-degree cruelty to children, in violation of D.C.Code § 22-901(a) (1996), reco-dified at § 22-1101(a) (2001); and second-degree cruelty to children, in violation of § 22-901(b), recodified at § 22-1101(b). 1 He contends on appeal that the trial court: (1) improperly instructed the jury on the offense of cruelty to children by failing to include malice as an element of the offense; and (2) committed reversible error by admitting hearsay statements made by his son, under the medical diagnosis exception to the hearsay rule. We…
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