United States v. Raymond A. Ridley

Appealing from a conviction for unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, appellant ' makes three principal contentions. 1 The first is that the indictment should be dismissed because appellant was without counsel at his arraignment. The plea entered was that of not guilty, and the record indicates that appellant, who had been free on personal recognizance since the day of his arrest, represented to the District Court that he would retain counsel on his own. It was not until some two weeks after arraignment that appellant, still free pending trial, filed an in forma pauperis affidavit, at which…