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Robert J. SMITH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit1958-06-19No. No. 14247
256 F.2d 889

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PER CURIAM.

The appeal is from a judgment of conviction of robbery. The question is whether trial counsel, not counsel who on appointment by this court has ably represented defendant on the appeal, conducted the defense so incompetently as to bring about a denial of the effective assistance of counsel to which defendant was entitled under either the Fifth or the Sixth Amendment, or both. The question is presented to us on the basis of the record of the trial itself, upon consideration of which we are of opinion the claim must be denied.

Affirmed.

. 31 Stat. 1322 (1901), D.C.Code, § 22-2901 (1951).