WESLEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 80-939.

449 A.2d 282 (1982)

Frank E. WESLEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Kiersh, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Evelyn E. Crawford Queen, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, John A. Terry, John R. Fisher, R. Dennis Osterman, and Pamela B. Stuart, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY and BELSON, Associate Judges, and YEAGLEY, Associate Judge, Retired.


YEAGLEY, Associate Judge, Retired:

Appellant was found guilty by a jury of grand larceny and the unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in violation of D.C.Code 1973, §§ 22-2201, -2204, respectively. On this appeal, he challenges the trial court's denial of his motion to vacate sentence on the ground that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in derogation of the Sixth Amendment. We affirm.

We decline to resolve the issue of whether the convictions...

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