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U.S. v. HAMID

No. 85-1639.

531 A.2d 628 (1987)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Abdul HAMID, a/k/a Hilvan Jude Finch, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 15, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ilene G. Rosenthal, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Paul L. Knight, and Judith Hetherton, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellant.

Greta C. Van Susteren, with whom Timothy Junkin, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellee.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, and MACK and FERREN, Associate Judges.

MACK, Associate Judge:

The government appeals from the trial court's order granting appellee's petition for a writ of error coram nobis and reducing his sentence to time served. We affirm.

A writ of error coram nobis is an "`extraordinary remedy'" which should be granted "`only under circumstances compelling such action to achieve justice.'" United States v. Higdon, 496 A.2d 618, 619 (D.C.1985) (quoting...

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