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DERRINGTON v. U.S.

Nos. 93-CF-1335, 95-CO-101.

681 A.2d 1125 (1996)

Anthony C. DERRINGTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah A. Persico, Alexandria, VA, appointed by this court, for appellant.

Leanne Shaltis Fallin, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher and Thomas J. Tourish, Jr., Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before SCHWELB and RUIZ, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.

SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

Anthony Derrington was convicted of selling crack cocaine to an undercover officer. He contends on appeal that his trial attorney, Douglas Wood, Esq., had a disqualifying conflict of interest and that Wood's performance was otherwise constitutionally deficient. The government responds that any conflict of interest was hypothetical or speculative, and that Wood's representation of Derrington satisfied constitutional standards. Concluding that...

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