PEARSALL v. U.S.

No. 02-CO-1009.

859 A.2d 634 (2004)

Jimmy PEARSALL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Becker, Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Valinda Jones, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher and Roy W. McLeese III, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GLICKMAN and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges, and NEBEKER, Senior Judge.


WASHINGTON, Associate Judge:

In this case, we must decide whether our holding in Williams v. United States, 783 A.2d 598 (D.C.2001) (en banc) applies where appellate counsel appointed under the District of Columbia Criminal Justice Act1 failed to note an appeal from the denial of a second motion under D.C.Code § 23-110 (2001) where requested by defendant. Appellant Jimmy Pearsall ("Pearsall...

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