JOHNSON v. U.S.

No. 91-CO-1405.

633 A.2d 828 (1993)

Michael R. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Copacino, with whom Kathleen Hardy, was on the brief, for appellant.

Eric L. Yaffe, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher, Roy W. McLeese, III, and Carolyn K. Kolben, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and TERRY and SULLIVAN, Associate Judges.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant brings this appeal from a trial court order denying his motion under D.C.Code § 23-110 to withdraw his guilty plea. He contends that the trial court erred in failing to hold a hearing to determine whether he was mentally competent to enter the plea and that the court's subsequent refusal to allow him to withdraw the plea constituted an abuse of discretion. We affirm.

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