Tolbert v. United States

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the Criminal Branch of the Municipal Court on a charge of assault and battery. The assault was upon a minor female. He prosecutes this appeal on the grounds, first, that he was deprived of the right to be represented by counsel of his own choosing and that such denial was a violation of his rights under *92the Sixth Amendment to the Federal Constitution, and, second, that he was forced to trial without adequate opportunity to prepare his defense and thus was deprived of due process of law in violation of the Fifth Amendment.

Appellant was arraigned…