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SHIELDS v. U.S.

No. 03-CF-1318.

916 A.2d 903 (2007)

Marlon SHIELDS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 1, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Christopher McKee, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Jaclyn S. Frankfurt, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Elizabeth H. Danello, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Kenneth L. Wainstein, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Roy W. McLeese III, and Alexander Shoaibi, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, and RUIZ, Associate Judge, and KING, Senior Judge.

KING, Senior Judge:

Marlon Shields was convicted of two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and several other weapons-related offenses arising out of a property dispute. On appeal, he contends that the manner in which the trial judge directed defense counsel to exercise his peremptory challenges was flawed, frustrating his right to a "meaningful exercise of his peremptory challenges." Shields further contends that defense counsel was ineffective because he failed...

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