JOHNSON v. WILSON

No. 18-5350.

960 F.3d 648 (2020)

Duane Joseph JOHNSON, Appellant v. E. D. WILSON, Warden, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 29, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amanda J. Sterling argued the cause for appellant. On the briefs were Alex Young K. Oh and Michelle Parikh , Washington, DC.

Sharon A. Sprague , Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee. With her on the brief were Jessie K. Liu , U.S. Attorney, and Elizabeth Trosman and Chrisellen R. Kolb , Assistant U.S. Attorneys. Lauren R. Bates and R. Craig Lawrence , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, entered appearances.

Before: Millett and Katsas, Circuit Judges, and Sentelle, Senior Circuit Judge.


In this federal habeas action, Duane Johnson contends that he received ineffective assistance of counsel during the direct appeal of his murder conviction in D.C. Superior Court. Among other things, Johnson argues that his appellate counsel labored under two conflicts of interest and failed to argue that the government withheld...

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