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IN RE R.S.

No. 08-FS-511.

6 A.3d 854 (2010)

In re R.S., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 28, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer J. Bingham , appointed by the court, for appellant.

Janice Y. Sheppard , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Peter J. 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 REID and THOMPSON, Associate Judges, and STEADMAN, Senior Judge.

STEADMAN, Senior Judge:

At a juvenile bench trial, appellant was found guilty of so-called felony assault, carrying a pistol without a license, and related offenses1 in inflicting wounds upon a victim that required four to six stitches on her ear and left scars visible seven months later. Appellant argues on appeal that these wounds did not constitute the requisite "significant bodily injury," defined by the statute as "an injury that...

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