WALLS v. U.S.

No. 90-1352.

601 A.2d 54 (1991)

Anthony WALLS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurie B. Davis, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, was on the brief for appellant.

Barry Wiegand, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher and John M. Facciola, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

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


ROGERS, Chief Judge:

The principal issue in this appeal is whether a defendant committed to Saint Elizabeths Hospital in 1974, as a result of a not guilty by reason of insanity plea to simple assault, has demonstrated manifest injustice by reason of errors by the trial judge and trial counsel entitling him to vacation of his plea and unconditional release under D.C.Code § 24-301(k) (1989 Repl.). Appellant Anthony Walls...

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