Legal Opinion
Garrett v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided June 9, 1994No. 92-CF-1312PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, Associate Judge:
Appellant, Michael T. Garrett, appeals his conviction of first-degree burglary, D.C.Code § 22-1801(a) (1989), second-degree theft, id. §§ 22-3811, -3812(b), and misdemeanor destruction of property, id. § 22-403. He contends that (1) he was denied due process of law because the trial judge failed sua sponte to recuse himself from presiding as the trier of fact in light of trial counsel’s pretrial statements to the Court that she would have problems representing appellant if he testified, and (2) the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient to sustain a verdict of…
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