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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. STOVALL

No. 4585.

253 A.2d 541 (1969)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Thomas STOVALL, Jr., Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 23, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Sutton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Charles T. Duncan, Corp. Counsel, Hubert B. Pair, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellant.

No appearance entered for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, Retired, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges, Retired.

CAYTON, Judge.

The District of Columbia, brought this paternity action in Juvenile Court under D.C. Code 1967, § 16-2341 et seq. At the close of appellant's case, appellee rested and moved for judgment of acquittal. The trial court granted the motion on the ground that appellant had not met its burden. This appeal followed.

Essentially, appellant's contention is that the testimony of the complaining witness, which was uncontradicted, was sufficient to...

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