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WELLS v. UNITED STATES

No. 13433.

407 A.2d 1081 (1979)

Garfield WELLS, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William I. Martin, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Richard W. Goldman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed, John A. Terry and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U. S. Attys. Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, Chief Judge, and KERN and GALLAGHER, Associate Judges.

NEWMAN, Chief Judge:

A jury convicted appellant on three counts of felony-murder and other related offenses arising from an act of arson that killed three people and injured several others. He contends on this appeal that the trial court erred in failing to conduct a pretrial hearing on appellant's claim that the police coerced a statement from him by physical abuse and threats. We agree and remand.1

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