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NEWMAN v. U.S.

Nos. 94-CF-1263, 96-CO-1061, 94-CF-1265.

705 A.2d 246 (1997)

Michael L. NEWMAN and Delonte B. Samuels, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 7, 1997.

As Amended September 9, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter H. Meyers, Washington, DC, appointed by this court, for appellant Newman.

Carol Garfiel Freeman, Rockville, MD, appointed by this court, for appellant Samuels.

Eumi Choi, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Eric H. Holder, Jr., United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher, Thomas C. Black, and Elizabeth Trosman, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN and STEADMAN, Associate Judges, and KERN, Senior Judge.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

This case concerns primarily the following issues: as to appellant Samuels, whether the trial court erred in excluding extrinsic impeachment evidence tending to show that a key government witness was biased, and that someone other than Samuels committed the charged murder and related crimes; and, as to appellant Newman, whether the court erred in denying without a hearing his motion for a new trial based on alleged ineffective assistance of...

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