HARKINS v. U.S.

No. 00-CM-718, 01-CO-1069.

810 A.2d 895 (2002)

John HARKINS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 21, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Manning Petras, Washington, DC, for appellant.

Denise M. Clark, Assistant United States Attorney, for appellee. Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., and John P. Gidez, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for appellee.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and TERRY and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges.


WASHINGTON, Associate Judge:

Following a bench trial, appellant, John Harkins, was convicted of misdemeanor sexual abuse and sentenced to thirty days sentence suspended, probation for one year, and fined $250. On appeal, Harkins alleges: (1) ineffective assistance of counsel, based primarily on the ground that his trial counsel failed to elicit the complaining witness's financial bias and (2) insufficient evidence to support his conviction. We affirm the trial court...

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