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FERNANDEZ v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 8917, 10642.

375 A.2d 484 (1977)

Arvender FERNANDEZ, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 2, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Gary Kohlman, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., with whom Frederick H. Weisberg, Public Defender Service, and Aaron J. Beyer, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, were on the brief, for appellant.

Douglas J. Behr, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, William D. Pease and Robert Fabrikant, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, KERN and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.

KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellant attacks his conviction for armed robbery and assault with a dangerous weapon on the grounds that (1) he was compelled by the court to stand trial in prison garb contrary to the Supreme Court's recent decision in Estelle v. Williams, 425 U.S. 501, 96 S.Ct. 1691, 48 L.Ed.2d 126 (1976), (2) he did not receive constitutionally effective assistance of counsel at his trial in light of his attorney's...

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