U.S. v. TORRES

No. 16-3078.

894 F.3d 305 (2018)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee v. Franklin Jovany TORRES, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 3, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra G. Roland , Assistant Federal Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant. With her on the briefs was A.J. Kramer , Federal Public Defender. Tony Axam, Jr. , and Beverly Gay Dyer , Assistant Federal Public Defenders, entered appearances.

Valinda Jones , Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief were Elizabeth Trosman and John P. Mannarino , Assistant U.S. Attorneys.

Opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part filed by Senior Circuit Judge Williams.


J.A., a teenage boy, testified at trial that Defendant-Appellant Franklin Torres, an adult twice his age, had anal sex with him, and that during the same encounter Torres used his cell phone to take four photographs of J.A.'s erect penis while J.A. was lying on his back alone on his parents' bed, naked, with his hands covering...

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