Legal Opinion
Littlejohn v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 29, 2013No. 11-CO-820PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OBERLY, Associate Judge:
Travis Littlejohn was convicted of voluntary manslaughter while armed in connection with the stabbing death of Nadir Fa-rooq. This court affirmed his conviction on direct appeal. Littlejohn v. United States, No. 05-CF-359, Mem. Op. & J., 963 A.2d 167 (D.C. Nov. 17, 2008). During the pendency of his direct appeal, Littlejohn filed a motion to vacate his conviction pursuant to D.C.Code § 23-110 (2001), alleging that trial counsel had been constitutionally ineffective for failing to object to the trial judge’s order excluding Little-john’s friends and family from the…
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