McFadden v. United States

Appellant William McFadden appeals his convictions by a jury on the grounds that the trial judge erred by failing to conduct a pretrial inquiry as required by Monroe v. United States, 389 A.2d 811 (D.C.), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 1006, 99 S.Ct. 621, 58 L.Ed.2d 683 (1978), and that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial. 1 We reverse. 2

I

On December 20,1986, appellant and Ro-mone Gabriel, the co-defendant, were arrested while driving in a stolen Volkswagen in Northeast Washington, D.C. Gabriel was driving and appellant was in the back seat. Appellant had his hands on top of a…