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BYRD v. UNITED STATES

No. 11350.

377 A.2d 400 (1977)

Samuel L. BYRD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 22, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

August Bequai, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

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

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, NEBEKER, Associate Judge, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.

PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired:

After pleading guilty to a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon, appellant was sentenced to a term of from three to nine years' imprisonment. Thereafter appellant, having obtained other counsel, moved with supporting authority for leave to withdraw his plea of guilty. As grounds for the motion he urged that he was without effective assistance of counsel when he entered the plea and that he was subjected to pressure. The motion...

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