Barnett v. United States

Appellants seek reversal of their convictions for robbery on the sole ground that counsel was not present in the arraignment proceeding at which they pleaded “not guilty.” We have recently rejected this contention in Anderson v. United States, 122 U.S.App.D.C. -, 352 F.2d 945, decided Oct. 28, 1965; Mc-Gill & Hinton v. United States, 121 U.S. App.D.C. 179, 348 F.2d 791 (1965). And the presence of counsel for the indigent at arraignment is now assured by the Plan for Furnishing Representation for Indigent Defendants in Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Cases, pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act of…