Legal Opinion
Lopez v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 6, 1992No. 91-CM-610PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
Following a trial by the court sitting without a jury, Rosa Lopez was found guilty of assaulting her supervisor, in violation of D.C.Code § 22-504 (1989). 1 On appeal, her primary contention is that a bench trial was impermissible because she had not effectively waived her right to a jury trial. We remand for further proceedings.
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On September 17, 1990, the date of the incident which precipitated the charges against her, Ms. Lopez was twenty-four years old. A native of Honduras, she had been living in the United States for a little over a year. According to the…
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