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LOPEZ v. UNITED STATES

No. 10515.

373 A.2d 882 (1977)

Robert J. LOPEZ, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. McGovern, Washington, D.C., appointed by the court, for appellant. J. Hampton Baumgartner, Jr., Washington, D.C., also appointed by the court, was on the brief, for appellant.

Lillian A. McEwen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, William D. Pease and Bette E. Uhrmacher, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, GALLAGHER and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.

KELLY, Associate Judge:

The issue on this appeal from convictions of assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a prohibited weapon1 is whether the trial court abused its discretion by failing to hold a competency hearing pursuant to D.C.Code 1973, § 24-301(a)2, where the accused strenuously objected to such hearing, all the psychiatric reports held appellant...

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