Roberts v. United States

SCHWELB, Associate Judge.

Edward Cheeseman Roberts was convicted by a jury of one count of carnal knowledge of a child under sixteen years of age and one count of rape, both in violation of D.C.Code § 22-2801 (repealed 1995). 1 On appeal, Roberts contends that the indictment on which he was brought to trial was unconstitutionally Vague and that the prosecution’s evidence constructively amended the allegedly defective indictment. Roberts also claims that the trial judge committed plain error by fading, sua sponte, to preclude the prosecutor from cross-examining Roberts on the subject of…