Legal Opinion
Godfrey v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 25, 1983No. 80-1205PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
Appellant raises three principal issues in appealing his convictions for pandering, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2705, and procuring, id., § 22-2707. First, appellant claims the trial court erred in denying his motion for a new trial based on complainant’s recantation of her trial testimony. We conclude that the court did not abuse its discretion in denying this motion on the ground that the recantation was incredible. Second, appellant argues, for the first time on appeal, that he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel because trial counsel failed to act when the…
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