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STERLING v. UNITED STATES

No. 85-1093.

515 A.2d 433 (1986)

Bruce E. STERLING, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 26, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cassandra P. Hicks, with whom Samuel M. Shapiro, Rockville, Md., was on the brief, for appellant.

Saul M. Pilchen, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Judith Hetherton, and Kathleen E. Voelker, Asst. U.S. Attys. Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before NEBEKER, TERRY, and ROGERS, Associate Judges.

TERRY, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from an order denying appellant's motion to reduce sentence. Appellant pleaded guilty to second-degree murder1 and was sentenced to a term of thirteen to forty-five years in prison. Shortly after he entered Lorton Reformatory, appellant was stabbed in the back in an unprovoked attack by another prisoner. As a result of his injuries, he is now permanently paralyzed from the waist down and will spend...

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