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THOMAS v. U.S.

No. 90-520.

586 A.2d 1228 (1991)

John E. THOMAS, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 26, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Dowlut, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Barbara J. Valliere, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher and Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

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

PER CURIAM:

Appellant appeals from the denial of his motion to extend the time to file his notice of appeal under D.C.App.R. 4 on the ground of excusable neglect. Additionally, appellant contends, for the first time, that trial counsel's failure to file a timely notice of appeal from his convictions denied him the effective assistance of counsel. We find no abuse of discretion by the trial judge in finding that appellant had not shown excusable neglect. Appellant...

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