Jenkins v. United States

FERREN, Senior Judge:

A jury found appellant, Ronnie Jenkins, guilty on one count of first-degree child sexual abuse, D.C.Code § 22-4108 (1981), and one count of first-degree cruelty to children, D.C.Code § 22-901(a) (1981). The trial court sentenced him to consecutive prison terms of five to fifteen years for the sexual abuse and three to nine years on the cruelty charge. We remand the case for further proceedings.

I

Jenkins was involved in a romantic relationship with K.J., the mother of a twelve-year-old boy, A.J., and a seven-year-old girl, I.J. On the evening of September 28, 1998, A.J. saw…