No immunity from prosecution for spouses or domestic partners.

Annotations

May 23, 1995, D.C. Law 10-257, § 218, 42 DCR 53
Apr. 24, 2007, D.C. Law 16-306, § 216(k), 53 DCR 8610
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 216(k) of Omnibus Public Safety Second Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2007 (D.C. Act 17-25, April 19, 2007, 54 DCR 4036).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 216(k) of Omnibus Public Safety Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2007 (D.C. Act 17-10, January 16, 2007, 54 DCR 1479).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 216(k) of Omnibus Public Safety Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-490, October 18, 2006, 53 DCR 8689).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 216(k) of Omnibus Public Safety Emergency Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-445, July 19, 2006, 53 DCR 6443).
D.C. Law 16-306 rewrote the section, which had read as follows: “§ 22-3019. No spousal immunity from prosecution. No actor is immune from prosecution under any section of this subchapter because of marriage or cohabitation with the victim; provided, however, that marriage of the parties may be asserted as an affirmative defense in a prosecution under this subchapter where it is expressly so provided.”
1981 Ed., § 22-4119.