WATTS v. U.S.

No. 06-CF-263.

971 A.2d 921 (2009)

Melvin T. WATTS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 21, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Corinne Beckwith, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Samia Fam, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Ann K. Simon, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III, Gregory G. Marshall and Allison Harnisch Leotta, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REID, BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY and THOMPSON, Associate Judges.


THOMPSON, Associate Judge:

Following a ten-day trial before the Honorable Judith Retchin, a jury convicted appellant Melvin Watts of one count of carjacking (D.C.Code § 22-2803) (2001); one count of kidnapping (D.C.Code § 22-2001) (2001); one count of felony threats (D.C.Code § 22-1810) (2001); one count of first-degree sexual abuse (D.C.Code § 22-3002(a)(1)) (2001); one count of third-degree sexual abuse (D.C.Code § 22-3004(1)) (2001); one...

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