SOTHERN v. U.S.

Nos. 95-CF-175, 97-CO-534.

756 A.2d 934 (2000)

Michael L. SOTHERN, Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Carey Woll, Wheaton, MD, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Ann L. Rosenfield, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Mary Lou Leary, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher, Thomas C. Black, and Carolyn K. Kolben, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before TERRY and RUIZ, Associate Judges, and KING, Senior Judge.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

Following a four-day jury trial, appellant was convicted of one count of kidnapping, two counts of rape, three counts of sodomy, and one count of assault with intent to commit sodomy. Several months after he was sentenced, he filed in the trial court a motion to vacate his sentence under D.C.Code § 23-110 (1996), asserting that his trial counsel had rendered ineffective assistance. The trial court denied that motion without a hearing,...

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