HUNTER v. UNITED STATES

No. 89-1229.

588 A.2d 680 (1991)

John E. HUNTER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Ross, Riverdale, Md., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Richard L. Chamovitz, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John R. Fisher, Roy W. McLeese, III, and J. Edward Agee, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, BELSON and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.


BELSON, Associate Judge:

Appellant John E. Hunter appeals from the trial court's denial of his motion to vacate sentence and for new trial, D.C. Code § 23-110 (1989), primarily on the ground that he did not voluntarily waive his right to testify at trial. He also contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel during a critical stage of the proceedings, the seven day period immediately following the jury's verdict during which, unless the period is...

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