GASKINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 5235.

265 A.2d 589 (1970)

Leonard C. GASKINS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

May 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Speidel, Washington, D. C., appointed by this court, was on the motion for appellant.

Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., filed an appearance for appellee but did not oppose the motion.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and KELLY and NEBEKER, Associate Judges, in chambers.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

We are here confronted with the question of the extent to which transcript at public expense should be afforded an indigent convicted in the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions of an offense against the United States. Appellant has been convicted of four misdemeanors and sentenced to a total of two years in jail. The trial judge denied a request for a transcript without prejudice to a renewal thereof accompanied by a showing that...

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