BATTLE v. U.S.

No. 92-CF-64.

630 A.2d 211 (1993)

Charles E. BATTLE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Garfiel Freeman, Glen Echo, MD, appointed by this court, for appellant.

Chrisellen R. Kolb, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, John R. Fisher, Patricia A. Riley and Julieanne Himelstein, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

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


ROGERS, Chief Judge:

This appeal requires the court to decide whether the report of rape rule survives abolition of the corroboration requirement in sex crime prosecutions. Appellant, Charles E. Battle, appeals from his convictions by a jury of sodomy and taking indecent liberties with a minor, D.C.Code §§ 22-3502, -3501(a) (Repl.1989), on two grounds: he contends that the trial judge erred in admitting testimony by the complainant's aunt and a police officer...

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