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MOORE v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 12157, 12158.

220 F.2d 198 (1955)

Wilson M. MOORE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Joseph HALL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 27, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John J. Dwyer, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. Harold H. Greene, Asst. U. S. Atty., Silver Spring, Md., with whom Mr. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and Messrs. Lewis Carroll and Frederick G. Smithson, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Samuel J. L'Hommedieu, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee in No. 12158.

Before PRETTYMAN, BAZELON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants were indicted, tried and convicted of robbery. They moved for a new trial and assign as error on this appeal the denial of that motion. Their principal point here is that they were not represented at the trial by counsel of their choice. They say they employed an attorney but another attorney appeared at and conducted the trial. The latter attorney explained that the former had been detained.

Appellants sat through the...

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