Legal Opinion
Pettiford v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 28, 1997No. 95-CO-637PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Senior Judge:
Appellant Franklin H. Pettiford pled guilty to first-degree murder while armed, second-degree murder while armed and carrying a pistol without a license. After sentencing, appellant filed a motion to vacate his guilty pleas and sentence under D.C.Code § 23-110 (1989), alleging, in part, ineffective assistance of counsel. The Superior Court denied his motion, and appellant appeals.
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A. Background
The posture of this ease reaches this court by a tortuous route of preceding events—two 1989 murders, a seventeen-year-old arres-tee’s waiver of rights and admissions of being on the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Tollett v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Monroe v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
- William L. Poole v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Cosio v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007
- United States v. PettifordDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2006
- Bennett v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1999
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2002
- Maske v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2001
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