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SHEPARD v. UNITED STATES

No. 85-606.

533 A.2d 1278 (1987)

Rufus SHEPARD, Jr., a/k/a Shep, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Morrison, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Patricia A. Riley, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell and Helen M. Bollwerk, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before BELSON and ROGERS, Associate Judges, and NEBEKER, Associate Judge, Retired.

BELSON, Associate Judge:

Appellant Rufus Shepard contends on appeal that the trial court erred in denying, without a hearing, his motion to vacate his sentence, D.C. Code § 23-110 (1981), on the ground that he was denied his sixth amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel at trial. We find appellant's contentions unpersuasive, and therefore affirm the trial court's denial of his motion.

Following a 1979 jury trial in which appellant was tried...

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