HOUSE v. UNITED STATES

No. 4301.

234 A.2d 805 (1967)

Fletcher HOUSE and Sherman Brandon, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 14, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Thomas Sisk, Washington, D. C., with whom M. Michael Cramer, Washington, D. C. (both appointed by this court), was on the brief, for appellants.

Thomas Lumbard, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Richard M. Cahill, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Theodore Wieseman, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

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


MYERS, Associate Judge:

Appellants here challenge their convictions for petit larceny1 and larceny from interstate shipment.2 Although they allege a number of errors arising out of their joint nonjury trial, they seek remand or reversal primarily on the ground that they, as indigents, were deprived of an effective right of appeal because the trial judge failed to sua sponte provide a court reporter to...

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