Legal Opinion
Shepard v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 2, 1987No. 85-606PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELSON, Associate Judge:
Appellant Rufus Shepard contends on appeal that the trial court erred in denying, without a hearing, his motion to vacate his sentence, D.C. Code § 23-110 (1981), on the ground that he was denied his sixth amendment right to the effective assistance of counsel at trial. We find appellant’s contentions unpersuasive, and therefore affirm the trial court’s denial of his motion.
Following a 1979 jury trial in which appellant was tried with four codefendants for offenses arising out of the armed robbery of a laundromat, appellant was convicted of three counts of armed…
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