WATSON v. U.S.

Nos. 13796, 13815, 83-996, 83-1136 and 83-1150.

536 A.2d 1056 (1987)

Curtis Lee WATSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Klein, Public Defender Service, with whom Elizabeth G. Taylor and David Reiser, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Judith Hetherton and Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, MACK, NEWMAN, FERREN, BELSON, ROGERS, and STEADMAN, Associate Judges, GALLAGHER, Senior Judge, and NEBEKER, Associate Judge, Retired.


GALLAGHER, Senior Judge:

This case is before us en banc on a claim by appellant of ineffective assistance of counsel on his previous direct appeal from his conviction. It was heard previously before a division of this court, (Watson v. United States, 508 A.2d 75 (D.C.), reh'g granted, judgment vacated, 514 A.2d 800 (D.C.1986)), and when the court decided to hear the case en...

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