DOUGHTY v. UNITED STATES

No. 87-1165.

574 A.2d 1342 (1990)

John H. DOUGHTY, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elaine Mittleman, Falls Church, Va., appointed by this court, was on the brief, for appellant.

Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, Elizabeth Trosman, J. Edward Agee, Washington, D.C., and Patricia L. Petty, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, SCHWELB, Associate Judge, and KERN, Senior Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the trial court's denial of appellant's motion to withdraw his prior guilty plea and to vacate the judgment entered upon such plea. In 1985, appellant pleaded guilty to armed robbery and was sentenced to a term of ten to thirty years in prison.1 In 1986, appellant filed a motion to withdraw his plea and to have his sentence vacated pursuant to D.C. Code § 23-110 (1989 Repl.). The trial court held...

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