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SCOTT v. UNITED STATES

No. 4957.

259 A.2d 353 (1969)

John Jerimiah SCOTT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 2, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry J. Ritchie, Wheaton, Md., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Robert C. Crimmins, member of the bar of New York, pro hac vice, with whom Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., and Roger E. Zuckerman, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee. John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

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

KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted by the court of assault1 and carrying a deadly weapon2 and sentenced to concurrent terms of ninety days on each charge. On appeal he complains of ineffective assistance of trial counsel.

On October 24, 1968, appellant was arrested, arraigned, and given court-appointed counsel. At trial on November 27, 1968, the complainant, a bus driver, testified that...

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