Neal v. United States

571 A.2d 222 (1990)

Anthony NEAL, Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES, Appellee.

No. 87-1087.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Argued July 11, 1989.

Decided March 12, 1990.

Thomas G. Ross for appellant.

Rachel Adelman-Pierson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Arlington, Va., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

James Klein, Washington, D.C., and Elizabeth G. Taylor filed an amicus curiae brief for the Public Defender Service, on behalf of appellant.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and NEWMAN and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

NEWMAN,…