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IN RE L.C.

No. 09-FS-164.

41 A.3d 1261 (2012)

In re L.C., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 26, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sloan S.J. Johnston , Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Samia Fam , Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

John J. Woykovsky , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Irvin B. Nathan , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General, and Rosalyn Calbert Groce , Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for the District of Columbia.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, OBERLY, Associate Judge, and KING, Senior Judge.

OBERLY, Associate Judge:

After a bench trial, appellant L.C. was found guilty of first-degree sexual abuse, in violation of D.C.Code § 22-3302 (2001), and first-degree child sexual abuse, in violation of D.C.Code § 22-3008 (2001). On appeal, L.C. claims that the trial court erred in admitting, in a bench trial, the complaining witness's out-of-court statements about the sexual assault. Holding that the report-of-rape exception to the hearsay rule applies...

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