HAILSTOCK v. U.S.

No. 12-CM-1741.

85 A.3d 1277 (2014)

Grady W. HAILSTOCK, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 6, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Klein , Jaclyn S. Frankfurt and Lee R. Goebes , Public Defender Service, were on the brief for appellant.

Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, and Elizabeth Trosman , Chrisellen R. Kolb , Shane Waller and Gilead I. Light , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for appellee.

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


THOMPSON, Associate Judge:

Following a bench trial, appellant Grady Hailstock was convicted of one count of attempted misdemeanor sexual abuse ("MSA") and one count of assault. In this appeal, he contends that the government (1) failed to prove that he possessed the requisite mental state and (2) also failed to prove that he came dangerously close to completing the offense of MSA, and thus did not meet its burden of proof as to "attempt." In addition, he asserts that...

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