ASBELL v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 14163, 79-1275.

436 A.2d 804 (1981)

Quinton R. ASBELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry H. Gottfried, Washington, D.C., with whom Lawrence H. Schwartz and Barbara Kammerman, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellant.

Robert F. O'Neill, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U.S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Michael W. Farrell, and Genevieve Holm, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, HARRIS and FERREN, Associate Judges.


FERREN, Associate Judge:

A jury convicted appellant, Quinton R. Asbell, of robbery, D.C. Code 1973, § 22-2901, and second-degree burglary, id. § 1801(b).1 After noting an appeal and receiving new appointed counsel, appellant requested, and was denied, a new trial based on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Although many issues have been raised on appeal, most coverage in a basic question: whether appellant's...

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