GOINES v. U.S.

No. 03-CM-883.

905 A.2d 795 (2006)

Oliver T. GOINES, Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 24, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eve Hanan, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, was on the brief, for appellant.

Keri S. Barta, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, John R. Fisher, Assistant United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and John J. Manning, Assistant United States Attorney, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before RUIZ and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges, and TERRY, Senior Judge.


TERRY, Senior Judge:

After a non-jury trial, appellant was convicted of malicious destruction of property. His only contention on appeal is that the trial court erroneously admitted evidence of two prior assaults on the complaining witness, who was his former girl friend. We conclude that the trial court erred, but that the error was harmless; accordingly, we affirm the conviction.

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