IN RE D.W.

No. 08-FS-761.

27 A.3d 1164 (2011)

In re D.W., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 1, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mikel-Meredith Weidman , Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein , Public Defender Service, and Jaclyn Frankfurt , Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

John Woykovsky , Assistant Attorney General for the District of Columbia, with whom Peter J. Nickles , Attorney General at the time the brief was filed, Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General, Rosalyn Calbert Groce , Deputy Solicitor General, and Sidney R. Bixler , Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief, for the District of Columbia.

Before GLICKMAN and THOMPSON, Associate Judges, and SCHWELB, Senior Judge.


SCHWELB, Senior Judge:

Following an evidentiary hearing in this juvenile delinquency case, D.W. was adjudicated guilty of incest, in violation of D.C.Code § 22-1901 (2001). He appeals, contending that the evidence was insufficient to establish that D.W. and the victim were related "within . . . the fourth degree of consanguinity," as required under the statute. Because the uncontradicted testimony supports the trial judge's finding of guilt, we affirm.

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