Legal Opinion

Brown v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided January 24, 1945No. 214PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RICHARDSON, Chief Judge.

After a jury trial defendant was convicted of assault and has appealed. The assault charged was upon a girl three years and eight months of age, and involved circumstances of gross indecency. Fortunately the child was not subjected to physical injury and was too immature to apprehend the salacious nature of or to suffer mental disturbance from acts of the described character.

The offense was alleged to have occurred sometime in the afternoon, prior to 4:15 P. M., in the nursery room of a day school for children, when the child was alone in the room and when those in…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Travelers Insurance v. SheppardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
  2. Beausoliel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
  3. Ewing v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
  4. Keefe v. State of ArizonaArizona Supreme Court · 1937
  5. People v. GageMichigan Supreme Court · 1886

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
  2. Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
  3. In re L. A. G.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
  4. Matter of LAGDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979

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