Travis Haney v. United States

REID, Senior Judge:

While this court’s consideration of appellant Travis Haney’s direct appeal was pending, 1 he filed a motion in the trial court claiming ineffective assistance of counsel, under D.C.Code § 23-110 (2012 Repl.), in part because his trial counsel failed to file a motion to suppress the videotaped statement he made to a police detective. Following an evidentiary hearing, the trial court found that Mr. Haney’s trial counsel’s performance was constitutionally deficient because he did not “appreciate that there was a basis for suppressing a portion of [Mr. Haney’s] statement.” 2…