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Swinton v. United States

Citations

  • 902 A.2d 772
  • 2006 D.C. App. LEXIS 350
  • 2006 WL 1697184

How courts have described this case

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  • even though victim suffered “significant physical pain,” based on her testimony that she “hurt bad,” victim did not suffer the type of extreme physical pain necessary to support a finding of serious bodily injury
  • “even absent graphic descriptions of suffering from the victim herself or other witnesses, a reasonable juror may be able to infer that pain was extreme from the nature of the injuries and the victim’s reaction to them”

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Judges: Ruiz, Glickman, Kramer

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