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Brocksmith v. United States

99 A.3d 690 (D.C. 2014)
Brocksmith v. United States

2 Analyses of this case by attorneys

  1. A trial court may permit jurors evaluating the credibility of a transgender complainant to consider their “common-sense knowledge” that transgender people face discrimination, where the evidence supports an inference that fear of discrimination contributed to the complainant’s delay in reporting an assault

    Public Defender ServiceSeptember 25, 2014

    Russell H. Brocksmith v. United States, No. 12-CF-287 (decided September 18, 2014)Players: Associate Judges Glickman and Blackburne-Rigsby, Senior Judge Nebeker. Opinion by Judge Blackburne-Rigsby.

  2. A trial court may permit jurors evaluating the credibility of a transgender complainant to consider their “common-sense knowledge” that transgender people face discrimination, where the evidence supports an inference that fear of discrimination contributed to the complainant’s delay in reporting an assault

    The Public Defender Service for the District of ColumbiaSeptember 25, 2014

    Russell H. Brocksmith v. United States, No. 12-CF-287 (decided September 18, 2014)Players: Associate Judges Glickman and Blackburne-Rigsby, Senior Judge Nebeker. Opinion by Judge Blackburne-Rigsby. Concurring opinion by Judge Glickman.