BROCKSMITH v. U.S.

No. 12-CF-287.

99 A.3d 690 (2014)

Russell H. BROCKSMITH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Deahl , Public Defender Service, with whom James W. Klein and Samia Fam , Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Lauren R. Bates , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, and Elizabeth Trosman and Thomas Bednar , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GLICKMAN and BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judges, and NEBEKER, Senior Judge.


BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:

Following a jury trial, appellant Russell Brocksmith was found guilty of assault with intent to commit robbery ("AWIR").1 The complainant, Valerie Villalta, is a male-to-female transgender person. Because this was appellant's third violent crime conviction, the trial court imposed an enhanced sentence of fifteen years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release.2

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