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LEGETTE v. U.S.

No. 10-CF-1397.

69 A.3d 373 (2013)

Ronnie LEGETTE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 20, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine A. Monta , Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein , Public Defender Service, was on the brief, for appellant.

Chrisellen R. Kolb , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, Roy W. McLeese III , Assistant United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Peter V. Taylor and David A. Last , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

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

THOMPSON, Associate Judge:

In this case, we are confronted once again with the "perplexing" question of "when evidence of a particular criminal act [i.e., so-called "other crimes evidence"] may be admitted." Thompson v. United States, 546 A.2d 414, 415 (D.C.1988). The question arises in this case because, in a trial in which appellant Ronnie Legette was charged with three counts of first-degree sexual abuse while armed (with...

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