Williams v. United States

Appellant, Robert M. Williams, was convicted following a bench trial of one count of misdemeanor sexual abuse (D.C.Code § 22-4106 (1981), recodified as D.C.Code § 22-3006 (2001)) and two counts of simple assault (D.C.Code § 22-504 (1981), recodi-fied as D.C.Code § 22-404 (2001)). 1 He argues for reversal and a new trial on the ground that portions of the transcript of his trial are unavailable, thereby impairing effective prosecution of an appeal by his new counsel on appeal and meaningful review by this court. We remand the case to the trial court for proceedings consistent with this…