Barrera v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
A jury convicted appellant of committing an indecent act with a child under the age of 16 years, D.C.Code § 22-3501 (1989), and of one count each of oral and anal sodomy, id. § 22-3502. Appellant claims six trial court errors: (1) failure to grant his motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of all evidence; (2) abuse of discretion in denying his motion for either a mental evaluation of the ten year old complaining witness or an authorization to inspect the child’s school records; (3) inadequacy of the standard jury instruction' dealing with child witnesses; (4)…
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