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GIBSON v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Nos. 3887, 3888.

221 A.2d 715 (1966)

Warren H. GIBSON, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee. Thomas A. JACKSON, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 25, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Tinney, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Milton D. Korman, Acting Corp. Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair, Donald Santarelli, and John R. Hess, Asst. Corp. Counsel, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.

QUINN, Associate Judge:

Appellants were convicted of misdemeanors in separate nonjury trials, and each was sentenced to a short jail term. The parties agree that prior to arraignment only two questions were asked by the trial judge — "Do you have a lawyer?" and "Do you want a lawyer?" — and that after receiving a simple "No" to both, he proceeded with their trials. These appeals raise the question of whether appellants were sufficiently advised of their...

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