Goodwine v. United States

KRAMER, Associate Judge:

Appellant, Phyllis Goodwine, appeals from her simple assault conviction, arguing that the trial court committed reversible error in admitting certain hearsay statements and evidence of her prior bad acts, as well as in excluding the details of the victim’s prior convictions. Appellant also asserts that an alleged recantation by the victim and the absence of a witness at trial created reasonable doubt as to her guilt. 1 Appellant further contends that because her trial was to the court, not a jury, the trial court plainly erred by adding 100 hours of community service…