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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. SCOTT

No. 12005.

214 F.2d 860 (1954)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. SCOTT.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 1, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Milton D. Korman and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., for the District of Columbia, with whom Messrs. Vernon E. West, Corporation Counsel, Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corporation Counsel, and Harry L. Walker, Asst. Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Frank D. Reeves, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Curtis P. Mitchell, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, FAHY and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

In this case the Municipal Court of Appeals reversed the conviction of appellee Scott, on the ground that he had been denied the effective assistance of counsel, and granted him a new trial. Scott v. District of Columbia, 1953, D.C.Mun. App., 99 A.2d 641.

Each case of this sort must be judged on its own merits. The decision here certainly should not be taken as a holding that a defendant can escape justice merely...

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