Wright v. United States

STEADMAN,

Associate Judge:

Appellant Cleveland Wright is presently serving extensive concurrent sentences imposed after his conviction, affirmed on appeal, of three charges stemming from a murder in 1978. In this collateral proceeding under D.C.Code § 23-110 (1989), appellant seeks a hearing, denied by the trial court, on his motion alleging that his trial counsel was ineffective. We conclude that appellant was entitled to a hearing on the issue of trial counsel’s failure to file any motion to suppress the evidence seized during a search of appellant’s bedroom dresser, conducted without a…