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HOOKS v. UNITED STATES

No. 9790.

373 A.2d 909 (1977)

Shirley L. HOOKS, a/k/a Linda Clinton, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. Eddie J. MATHIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided May 23, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Mertens, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for appellant, Hooks. Frederick H. Weisberg, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance.

Charles J. Broida, Columbia, Md., appointed by this court, for appellant, Mathis.

William J. O'Malley, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Theodore A. Shmanda, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY and GALLAGHER, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.

PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired:

Appellants Hooks and Mathis were convicted in a jury trial of robbery (D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2901). Three issues are before this court on appeal: (1) whether Hooks was deprived of her Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel because of an alleged ethical conflict affecting her attorney; (2) whether the trial court erred in admitting expert testimony concerning the modus operandi of pickpocket teams; and (3) whether...

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