Ransom v. United States

FERREN, Senior Judge:

Otis L. Ransom sold an undercover police officer three bags of heroin. After a two-day jury trial, he was convicted of

distributing heroin within 1,000 feet of a Drug-Free Zone, D.C.Code §§ 48-904.01(a)(1), 904.07a (2001), and sentenced to prison for fourteen months, followed by five years of supervised release. On direct appeal his conviction was affirmed.1 Ransom also filed a Motion for New Trial Based Upon Ineffective Assistance of Counsel. D.C.Code § 23-110 (2001). The trial court denied the motion without a hearing. On appeal from that denial, Ransom argues that the…