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WRIGHT v. U.S.

Nos. 06-CO-1053, 07-CO-893.

979 A.2d 26 (2009)

Chester C. WRIGHT, Appellant v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 27, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Elizabeth Kent, Washington, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Peter S. Smith, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, Roy W. McLeese, III, Assistant United States Attorney, and Florence Pan, Assistant United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REID and BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judges, and TERRY, Senior Judge.

TERRY, Senior Judge:

These two consolidated appeals are taken from the trial court's denial of appellant's two motions to vacate his sentence pursuant to D.C.Code § 23-110 (2001). In those motions appellant contended that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at his trial and that the government violated his rights under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963). We hold that his claims...

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