Opinion

Johnson v. United States

  • 610 A.2d 729
  • 1992 D.C. App. LEXIS 175
  • 1992 WL 163986
Court
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Filed
Jul 14, 1992
Status
Published
Author
Mack
On the bench
Terry, Wagner, Mack
Cited by
9 cases
Authority
More cited than 8.6%

"unusual sexual preference” characterized as a Drew-type exception

How later courts described this case

  • "unusual sexual preference” characterized as a Drew-type exception
  • evidence of prior similar sexual misconduct with different victim admitted solely to show "an unusual preference for having sexual relations with young girls”
  • evidence of prior sexual misconduct with different person is admissible solely to show unusual *454 sexual preference for similar acts
  • evidence of prior sexual misconduct with different person is admissible solely to show unusual sexual preference for similar acts

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

MACK, Senior Judge,

dissenting.

I respectfully dissent. See Ali v. United States, 520 A.2d 306, 308-313 (D.C.1987).

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