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Title: Ricky Ready v. United States
Author : District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
Release Date : January 05, 1993
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
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PRYOR, Senior Judge: Appellant seeks reversal of the trial court's decision to deny without a hearing his § 23-110
1 motion alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm. In 1980, after a jury trial, appellant was convicted of second-degree murder while armed, assault with a dangerous weapon,
and carrying a pistol without a license. A summary of the evidence presented at appellant's trial is set forth in this court's
opinion affirming his convictions. Ready v. United States, 445 A.2d 982 (D.C. 1982), cert. denied, 460 U.S. 1025, 75 L.Ed.2d
498, 103 S. Ct. 1279 (1983). In 1991, appellant filed a motion alleging ineffective assistance of counsel based primarily
on the ground that his trial counsel failed to secure at trial the presence of Mandell Cooper, an eyewitness who appellant
claims would have presented exculpatory testimony. 2 The trial court denied appellant's motion without a hearing. We now
consider both the trial court's decision not to hold a hearing and the decision to deny the claim.