HOCKMAN v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 79-1006, 85-722.

517 A.2d 44 (1986)

Michael R. HOCKMAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Rochon, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, was on brief, for appellant.

Mary A. Incontro, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., were on brief, for appellee.

Before NEBEKER, FERREN, and ROGERS, Associate Judges.


ROGERS, Associate Judge:

Appellant Michael Hockman challenges the denial of his motion to vacate sentence and set aside judgment and for new trial based on the ineffective assistance of his trial counsel, D.C.Code § 23-110 (1981).1 He contends he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel because errors by his trial counsel adversely affected what could have...

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