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MATTER OF W.A.F.

No. 88-986.

573 A.2d 1264 (1990)

In the Matter of W.A.F., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 30, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Whalen, appointed by this court, for appellant.

Mary L. Wilson, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Herbert O. Reid, Acting Corp. Counsel, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, FERREN and FARRELL, Associate Judges.

ROGERS, Chief Judge:

Appellant, W.A.F., a mildly retarded youth, appeals from an adjudication of delinquency on the ground that his due process rights were violated when the trial judge refused to apply the adult standard for determining his competency to stand trial, as set forth in Dusky v. United States, 362 U.S. 402, 80 S.Ct. 788, 4 L.Ed.2d 824 (1960). Appellant further contends...

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