VILLACRES v. UNITED STATES

No. 7066.

357 A.2d 423 (1976)

Mario R. VILLACRES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 11, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Gary Kohlman, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Jeffrey T. Demerath, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U.S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, and John A. Terry, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, KERN and YEAGLEY, Associate Judges.


KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellant, convicted after trial by jury of murder in the second degree, unlooses on appeal a stream1 of objections to his conviction composed of four estuaries of argument. Specifically, he argues:

First, that certain events occurring before trial both within and without the courtroom required the trial court to hold a hearing to determine (a) whether he was competent to waive his right to counsel...

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