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BARNES v. U.S.

No. 90-1582.

600 A.2d 821 (1991)

James W. BARNES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 18, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Seals, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, was on the brief, for appellant.

Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, Thomas C. Black, Wanda G. Bryant, and Martin Dee Carpenter, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY and WAGNER, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.

WAGNER, Associate Judge:

Appellant, James Wesley Barnes, was convicted following a jury trial of one count of indecent acts with a child under the age of sixteen years in violation of D.C.Code § 22-3501(a) (1989). Appellant's primary contention on appeal is that the trial court abused its discretion in finding the minor complainant competent to testify at trial. He also argues that the trial court erred in its instruction...

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