DAVIS v. U.S.

No. 08-CM-388.

984 A.2d 1255 (2009)

Denise DAVIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 17, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane Bratter for appellant.

April E. Fearnley, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney at the time, Roy W. McLeese III, Assistant United States Attorney, and Florence Pan, Assistant United States Attorney at the time, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FISHER and THOMPSON, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.


FISHER, Associate Judge:

Appellant Denise Davis appeals her conviction for assault, arguing that the evidence was insufficient and that she was improperly convicted following a bench trial, rather than a jury trial. Applying the plain error standard of review to the second issue (as appellant concedes we should), we affirm.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

On the evening of June 23, 2007, appellant Denise Davis and her boyfriend David Yancy were...

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