GIRARDOT v. U.S.

No. 07-CF-109.

996 A.2d 341 (2010)

Christopher P. GIRARDOT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 3, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan W. Anderson, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Jaclyn S. Frankfurt, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Keith Becker, Assistant United States Attorney. Ann K.H. Simon, Assistant United States Attorney, Channing D. Phillips, Acting United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Roy W. McLeese III, Mary B. McCord, and Kim A. Heard, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REID and KRAMER, Associate Judges, and KING, Senior Judge.


REID, Associate Judge:

This case involves a judgment of conviction for aggravated second-degree child sexual abuse.1 Appellant, Christopher P. Girardot, contends that the trial court erred during his bench trial by precluding the testimony of a proposed defense witness, an expert in children's cognitive processes, and the pressures and factors that can prompt a child to make false complaints of...

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