MASON v. U.S.

No. 06-CO-1592.

956 A.2d 63 (2008)

Rohan MASON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 11, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Dobbs, Rockville, MD, was on the brief for appellant.

Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese III, Elizabeth Trosman, and Patricia A. Heffernan, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, PRYOR, and SCHWELB, Senior Judges.


NEWMAN, Senior Judge:

Rohan Mason pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Nine years later, he sought to withdraw his plea through a writ of coram nobis. The trial judge, before whom the plea had been entered, denied relief without a hearing. On appeal, Mason claims it was error to deny the writ because the trial court violated the mandatory strictures of D.C.Code § 16-713 (1981), which requires that before accepting a plea of guilty or...

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