Legal Opinion

Teoume-Lessane v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided September 6, 2007No. 04-CF-904PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KRAMER, Associate Judge:

This appeal is from the second of two trials arising from the same set of facts. 1 Following a hung jury at the conclusion of the first trial, the government sought a superceding indictment that charged appellant, Sennayi Teoume-Lessane (hereinafter, Lessane), with First-degree Child Sexual Abuse (vaginal penetration) and First-degree Child Sexual Abuse (anal penetration). The jury found him guilty of First-degree Child Sexual Abuse by vaginal penetration, but acquitted him of the anal penetration count. Lessane was subsequently sentenced to six years of incarceration,…

2Cases cited51 opinions

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3Cited by20 opinions

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