DYSON v. U.S.

No. 02-CF-500.

848 A.2d 603 (2004)

Darnell DYSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 6, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Dybdahl, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Sandra K. Levick, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Tejpal S. Chawla, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Roy W. McLeese III, Elisabeth S. Poteat, and Carolyn Becker, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before STEADMAN, REID and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges.


REID, Associate Judge:

After a jury trial, appellant Darnell Dyson was convicted of two counts of first-degree sexual abuse while armed, in violation of D.C.Code § 22-4102 (1996).1 He filed a timely notice of appeal challenging (1) the trial court's jurisdiction over the charged crimes of which he was convicted; (2) the trial court's admission of certain testimony under the report of rape exception to the hearsay rule; and (3) the...

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