Submitted
January 29, 2019
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Appeal
from the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
(DVM-625-17) (Hon. Judith A. Smith, Trial Judge)
Sweta
Patel was on the brief for appellant.
Jessie
K. Liu, United States Attorney, and Elizabeth Trosman,
Nicholas P. Coleman, Janani Iyengar, and Kristina L. Ament,
Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for
appellee.
Before
Beckwith and McLeese, Associate Judges, and Nebeker, Senior
Judge.
OPINION
Nebeker,
Senior Judge
Following a bench trial in the Criminal Division of the
Superior Court, appellant Adrienne Johnson was found guilty
of attempted second-degree cruelty to children and attempted
possession of a prohibited weapon (PPW). Appellant argues
that the trial court erred when it denied her motion to
suppress her statements to the police and that the evidence
was insufficient to support her convictions. For the
following reasons, we affirm.
I.
On May
14, 2017, appellant beat her thirteen-year-old son A.J. with
a wooden stick about the size of a broomstick. Appellant
repeatedly hit A.J. with the stick while he sat on the floor
in the corner of his room and raised his left arm to block
his face. The stick broke during the beating, and appellant
continued to strike A.J. with the two broken pieces. As a
result of the ...