Legal Opinion

Hall v. United States

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided April 18, 1979No. 13171PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was charged with taking indecent liberties with a minor child, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-3501(a), and sodomy, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-3502. After a bench trial, he was found guilty of taking indecent liberties and assault, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-504, the latter being a lesser included offense of sodomy. He argues on appeal that there was insufficient corroboration to the testimony of the victim, a seven-year-old child, to sustain his conviction, and that he cannot be sentenced on both assault and taking indecent liberties as the former is a lesser included offense of the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Sansone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Arnold v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
  3. Douglas v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
  4. United States v. George Gray, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
  5. In re W.B.W.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Curry v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1985
  2. Battle v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
  3. Fitzgerald v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
  4. Pounds v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1987
  5. Barrera v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991

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