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MATTER OF L.A.G.

No. 12458.

396 A.2d 981 (1979)

In the Matter of L.A.G., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 10, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ladd B. Leavens, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

John R. Risher, Jr., Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed, Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Margaret L. Hines, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee District of Columbia.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and YEAGLEY and MACK, Associate Judges.

NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

The question presented to us on this appeal is one of first impression in this court. Simply stated, it is: Where a defendant is charged with simple assault1 upon a victim of the opposite sex who is a minor, and the element of "force and violence" necessary to a conviction is supplied by the "sexual nature" of the touching, is corroboration required to sustain a conviction? We answer in the negative and affirm the...

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