Legal Opinion

White v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided October 16, 2008No. 06-CF-942PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMPSON, Associate Judge:

A jury convicted appellant Robert White of first-degree sexual abuse of a ward. See D.C.Code § 22-3013 (2001). White challenges both his conviction and his sentence, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to support a finding of guilt and that his sentence is unlawful. We affirm.

I

The government’s evidence at trial was as follows. Complainant Timothy Jones 1 testified that on November 19, 2004, she had been an inmate in Unit E-2-B at the District of Columbia Correctional Treatment Facility (CTF) for about a week. That morning, when returning from a visit to the…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Rita v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  5. Price Waterhouse v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1989

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3Cited by3 opinions

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