District of Columbia Court of Appeals November 5, 1998, 97-CM-789 (Reyes-Contreras v. United States)

REID, Associate Judge:

After a bench trial, Fransisco

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Reyes-Contreras was convicted of simple assault, in violation of D.C.Code § 22-504 (1996). He filed a timely appeal contending that the trial court erred by permitting the admission of certain statements by the complainant under the spontaneous utterance exception to the hearsay rule; and by denying him the opportunity to make a missing