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LOLLAR v. UNITED STATES

No. 20300.

376 F.2d 243 (1967)

George T. C. LOLLAR, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1967.

Petition for Rehearing Denied May 3, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Hugh A. M. Shafer, Jr., Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. Elihu I. Leifer, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker and Nicholas S. Nunzio, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, EDGERTON, Senior Circuit Judge, and WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Appellant and a co-defendant, Ford, were convicted of robbery and assault with a dangerous weapon.1 One attorney was appointed to represent both indigent defendants. Appellant now asserts that requiring him to share an attorney with his co-defendant deprived him of his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel. We agree and hold that appellant is entitled to a new trial with the aid of his...

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