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IN RE R.H.M.

No. 90-FS-727.

630 A.2d 705 (1993)

In re R.H.M., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 2, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shirin Ikram, Potomac, MD, appointed by this court, for appellant.

Rosalyn Calbert Groce, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Lutz Alexander Prager, Asst. Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

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

TERRY, Associate Judge.

This is one of those very rare cases in which we conclude that the evidence identifying the defendant as the person who committed the crime was insufficient to support a conviction—or, in this instance, an adjudication of delinquency.1 Appellant, a juvenile, was found guilty of arson2 and adjudicated delinquent after a two-day bench trial. We hold that the trial court erred in...

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