Court Opinion

ID: 9754026
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 19:39:00.659027+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:27:46.700013
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MACK, Associate Judge,
dissenting:
I see no justification for requiring corroboration in sex offenses based upon distinctions between a “mature” female complainant (see Arnold v. United States, D.C.App., 358 A.2d 335 (1976) (en banc)) or any other complainant — male or female, adult or minor. In this en banc posture again, and having taken the route we took in Arnold, I agree with Chief Judge Newman, that with appropriate safeguards, we should abolish the requirement across the board.
I respectfully dissent.