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IN RE L.L.

No. 06-FS-547.

974 A.2d 859 (2009)

In re L.L., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 2, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Janice Y. Sheppard, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Peter Nickles, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, and Rosalyn Calbert Groce, Deputy Attorney General, were on the brief, for the District of Columbia.

Before GLICKMAN and FISHER, Associate Judges, and STEADMAN, Senior Judge.

FISHER, Associate Judge:

Appellant asks us to reverse the adjudication finding him involved in first degree child sexual abuse. D.C.Code § 22-3008 (2001). Because the trial court abused its discretion by admitting the victim's hearsay statements, we reverse and remand for possible further proceedings.

I. Statement of Facts

A. The Sexual Encounter

In late August or early September 2004, seventeen-year-old L.L. was living with his five...

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