Legal Opinion
Veney v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 2, 2007No. 04-CF-353, 06-CO-543PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELSON, Senior Judge:
Appellant David Veney (“appellant”) was charged with one count of first-degree child sexual abuse, 1 and one count of second-degree child sexual abuse. 2 The first count of the indictment alleged that appellant had penetrated the eleven-year-old victim’s vulva with his penis; the second count charged that he had touched his penis to her genitalia with the intent to gratify his sexual desires.
Convicted on both counts, Veney appeals his conviction on the grounds that the trial court erred in failing to engage him in open court in a proper colloquy concerning the…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
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3Cited by8 opinions
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