BADO v. U.S.

No. 12-CM-1509.

186 A.3d 1243 (2018)

Jean-Baptiste BADO, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 21, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred D. Carry , with whom Moses A. Cook , D.C. Law Students in Court, was on the brief, for appellant.

Lauren R. Bates , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Channing D. Phillips , United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Elizabeth Trosman , John P. Mannarino , and Michelle A. Parikh , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Alice Wang , with whom Samia Fam , Public Defender Service, and Arthur B. Spitzer , American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation's Capital, were on the brief, as amici curiae, in support of appellant.

Kathy Doan , Heidi Altman , Claudia R. Cubas , and Rachel V. Jordan , Capital Area Immigrants' Rights (CAIR) Coalition, filed a brief, as amicus curiae, in support of appellant.

Dissenting opinion by Associate Judge Fisher, with whom Associate Judge Glickman joins, at page 1271.


Jean-Baptiste Bado appeals his conviction for misdemeanor sexual abuse of a minor, after a bench trial, on the ground that he was denied the right to a jury trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment. The court, sitting en banc, is asked to decide whether the Sixth Amendment guarantees a right to a jury trial to an accused who faces...

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