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BELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 4991.

260 A.2d 690 (1970)

John BELL, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 15, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Speidel, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

John Ellsworth Stein, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Thomas A. Flannery, U.S. Atty., John A. Terry and John F. Evans, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

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

PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted of petit larceny1 and assault2 in a trial without a jury. His sole contention on this appeal is that the failure of his trial counsel (not his counsel on this appeal) to call witnesses to corroborate his testimony was a denial of effective assistance of counsel.

In closing argument trial counsel made this statement:

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