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SMITH v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 4270-4272.

235 A.2d 574 (1967)

William Edward SMITH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 27, 1967.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Redmond, Washington, D. C. (appointed by the court), with whom Richard F. Swift, Washington, D. C. (appointed by the court), was on the brief, for appellant.

A. Lee Fentress, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and MYERS and KELLY, Associate Judges.

MYERS, Associate Judge.

Appellant was convicted of attempted petit larceny,1 assault2 and carrying a deadly weapon.3 His only challenge to these convictions is that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because his trial occurred on the same day counsel was assigned to represent him. He contends that the failure of the trial judge to automatically

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