TUCKER v. UNITED STATES

No. 22656.

427 F.2d 615 (1970)

David J. TUCKER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 24, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miss Marie S. Klooz and Mr. A. J. D. Schmidt, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Sandor Frankel, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, and Joel D. Blackwell, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee. Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered appearances for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and WRIGHT and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.


BAZELON, Chief Judge:

Appellant was convicted in 1962 of murder and several associated offenses1 and sentenced to life imprisonment. His listed the aid of an attorney from Neighconviction was affirmed by this court over two claims of prejudicial error in the instructions given to the jury at trial.2 Subsequently, he filed a series of pro se applications for postconviction relief, all of which were denied...

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