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IN RE M.M.S.

No. 96-FS-144.

691 A.2d 136 (1997)

In re M.M.S., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 27, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith A. Lovelace, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Rosalyn Calbert Groce, Director, Policy and Appeals Branch, Office of the Corporation Counsel, with whom Charles F.C. Ruff, Corporation Counsel, Robert R. Rigsby, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Sidney R. Bixler, Assistant Corporation Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee District of Columbia.

Before FERREN, TERRY, and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

M.M.S., a minor, appeals her adjudication of delinquency for assault with a dangerous weapon (ADW), D.C.Code § 22-502 (1996 Repl.), contending that the government failed to prove the elements of the crime with sufficient evidence. We conclude that, although the government met its burden of proving simple assault, it failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that M.M.S. had used a weapon. We therefore reverse and remand the case for the...

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