Byrd v. United States

PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired:

After pleading guilty to a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon, appellant was sentenced to a term of from three to nine years’ imprisonment. Thereafter appellant, having obtained other counsel, moved with supporting authority for leave to withdraw his plea of guilty. As grounds for the motion he urged that he was without effective assistance of counsel when he entered the plea and that he was subjected to pressure. The motion was denied and this appeal followed.

Appellant makes a number of claims of error, but the only issue deemed by us to be of substance…