YOUNG v. U.S.

No. 09-CO-382.

56 A.3d 1184 (2012)

Ronald YOUNG, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 13, 2012.

As Amended January 10, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice Wang , Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Samia Fam , Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Patricia A. Heffernan , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, and Elizabeth Trosman , Margaret A. Chriss , and Edward A. O'Connell , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before THOMPSON, Associate Judge, and BELSON and RUIZ, Senior Judges.


RUIZ, Senior Judge:

In December 2003, a jury found appellant guilty of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance (heroin), in violation of D.C.Code § 48-904.01(a)(1) (2001).1 In 2006, appellant filed, through current counsel, a motion to vacate his sentence under D.C.Code § 23-110, alleging that his trial counsel had rendered constitutionally ineffective representation. After a...

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