MEJIA v. U.S.

No. 04-CM-517.

916 A.2d 900 (2007)

Rodrigo MEJIA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 1, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Richard Goebes, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Samia Fam, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Elizabeth H. Danello, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Kenneth L. Wainstein, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, Roy W. McLeese III, Elizabeth Trosman and Lynn E. Haaland, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GLICKMAN and KRAMER, Associate Judges, and NEBEKER, Senior Judge.


NEBEKER, Senior Judge:

This is an appeal from a misdemeanor sexual abuse conviction. After a bench trial, appellant was found guilty of one count of misdemeanor sexual abuse pursuant to D.C.Code § 22-3006. According to the government's evidence, J.C. was staying with her aunt and uncle in 2001 while her grandmother was in El Salvador. At that time, J.C. was nine-years-old. She was on the couch coloring when appellant, her uncle, climbed on top of her and tried...

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