Stancil v. United States

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

On January 6, 2008, following a bench trial, Albert D. Stancil was convicted of two counts of assault upon his wife, Roslyn Stancil, 1 and one count of possession of a prohibited weapon (knife) (PPW (b)). 2 The prosecution’s evidence against Stancil consisted solely of the testimony of a Metropolitan Police Department officer, Shauntelle Anderson, who appeared at the Stancils’ home in response to a 911 call. At Stancil’s trial, Officer Anderson related, inter alia, certain statements that Mrs. Stancil made to the police shortly after they arrived at the scene of a…