United States Sixth Circuit

Defendant's convictions for 20 "carbon-copy" counts of child rape are reversed where he can only be charged with one crime since had no way to identify what he was to defend against in the repetitive counts.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/24/2005
• Published 01/24/2005

Judges

• Before:  MERRITT, MOORE, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  M. Scott Criss, Office of the Attorney General, Corrections Litigation Section, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant.  Barbara A. Farnbacher, Public Defender's Office, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF:  M. Scott Criss, Assistant United States Attorney, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellant. Barbara A. Farnbacher, Public Defender's Office, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellee.