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STREET v. U.S.

No. 89-1184.

602 A.2d 141 (1992)

Sylvin STREET, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 15, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacqueline Baillargeon, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Elizabeth Taylor, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Bernadette C. Sargeant, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John R. Fisher, Thomas C. Black and Daniel S. Friedman, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and STEADMAN and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

This appeal involves a challenge to the admission of behavioral changes by the complainant following a rape, offered as evidence relevant to the contested issue of consent.1 Appellant contends that the trial court abused its discretion in permitting such testimony by the complainant's mother, grandmother, and brother. Appellant also contends that the manner in which the evidence was introduced—through...

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