Legal Opinion
Harkins v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 21, 2002No. 00-CM-718, 01-CO-1069PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Associate Judge:
Following a bench trial, appellant, John Harkins, was convicted of misdemeanor sexual abuse and sentenced to thirty days sentence suspended, probation for one year, and fined $250. On appeal, Harkins alleges: (1) ineffective assistance of counsel, based primarily on the ground that his trial counsel failed to elicit the complaining witness’s financial bias and (2) insufficient evidence to support his conviction. We affirm the trial court’s rulings.
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On the morning of October 8, 1999, the complainant, Ms. Wesson, boarded a Metro train at the Deanwood Station on the…
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