OLIVER v. U.S.

No. 00-CM-1359.

832 A.2d 153 (2003)

Charles OLIVER, Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 11, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Cotton, appointed by the court, was on the brief for appellant.

Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Barbara J. Valliere, Seth B. Waxman, and Charles D. Stimson, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for appellee.

Before TERRY and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


TERRY, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of simple assault after a non-jury trial. On appeal he contends that the trial court erred in denying the request of his court-appointed counsel for leave to withdraw from the case, made on the morning of trial, and that his counsel was ineffective for failing to call more than one witness (appellant himself) to testify for the defense. We affirm.

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