Legal Opinion

In re A.B.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided March 24, 1989No. 87-1092PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROGERS, Chief Judge:

This appeal presents a new question of statutory interpretation under the District of Columbia assault statute, D.C.Code § 22-504 (1981). Appellant A.B., a fifteen-year-old male, was charged as a juvenile delinquent with one count of simple assault for unlawfully assaulting and threatening in a menacing manner A.E., a twelve-year-old girl. D.C.Code §§ 16-2305, 22-504 (1981). The trial judge found appellant guilty based on an unconsented to nonviolent sexual touching where he grabbed and squeezed A.E.’s buttocks on a public street. On appeal appellant contends that the…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Cannon v. University of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
  3. Beausoliel v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
  4. Ernesto Guarro v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
  5. Gary v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Dickerson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
  2. Holt v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
  3. Mungo v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
  4. Smith v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
  5. Chemalali v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995

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