Williams v. United States

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted of carrying a pistol without a license in violation of D.C.Code § 22-3204(a) (Supp.1994) and related offenses. On appeal, he makes two assertions of error.1 We affirm.

I

With respect to appellant’s claim on appeal that he did not knowingly and intelligently waive his right to be present at voir dire conferences conducted at the bench, the record establishes that appellant ultimately admitted that he had been advised of this right by trial counsel and had decided not to be present. While claiming that this was a “mistake,” he did not thereafter…