FOUNTAIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 12952.

236 F.2d 684 (1956)

Charles FOUNTAIN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 28, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Marshall P. Johnson, Washington, D. C. (appointed by District Court), for appellant.

Mr. E. Tillman Stirling, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty. at the time brief was filed, Lewis Carroll and Edward O. Fennell, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and WASHINGTON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This appellant was indicted, the first count charging an assault to commit rape and the second, alleging he took "indecent liberties" with a child. The court ruled that the child was incompetent to testify, but admitted the testimony of adults to outcries and statements of the child. Fountain was acquitted of the second charge but was convicted of the first.

The principal question before us on this appeal is whether the evidence was sufficient...

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