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SLAUGHTER v. UNITED STATES

No. 1219.

89 A.2d 646 (1952)

SLAUGHTER v. UNITED STATES.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 23, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph R. Sachs, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

William B. Bryant, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Charles M. Irelan, U. S. Atty., and Joseph M. Howard, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., on the brief, for appellee.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant was found guilty of an assault and sentenced to serve 360 days. This appeal raises the sole question whether appellant was denied the right to effective assistance of counsel at trial.

Appellant was arrested on December 12, 1951. On the following day when the information was filed against him the court appointed counsel to defend. After a plea of not guilty appellant was committed to Gallinger Hospital for a mental examination...

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