White v. United States

KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon, pursuant to D.C.Code 1967, § 22-502, upon a woman to whom he was not married but with whom he had been living and by whom he had had children. He argues that his conviction must be reversed because (1) the United States Attorney failed to notify the Director of Social Services that this assault constituted an “intra-family” offense, as required' by D.C.Code 1967, §§ 16-1001 -06 (Supp. V, 1972), (2) the trial court improperly limited his counsel’s attempt to cross-examine the complaining witness to demonstrate…