Legal Opinion
Haynes v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 31, 1964No. 3491, 3492PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MYERS, Associate Judge.
Haynes appeals from judgments of guilty on charges of indecent exposure and of making an indecent sexual proposal. 1
He contends that the testimony of the complaining witness as to the substance of the charges against him was insufficient to sustain these convictions, relying primarily upon Kelly v. United States, 90 U.S.App.D.C. 125, 194 F.2d 150 (1952), which reversed a conviction for a verbal invitation to commit an indecent act based upon the uncorroborated word of the arresting officer. The court held that testimony of a single witness in such instances should be…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Kelly v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- Hurd v. LettsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Alcuin Willenbring v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Konvalinka v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1960
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3Cited by4 opinions
- District of Columbia v. GarciaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1975
- Swailes v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966
- Haynes v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1964
- Swailes v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1966