Kenneth Richard Peterson v. United States

MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

Following jury trial appellant was convicted of the crime of conspiring to steal Government property. In an earlier trial the jury had failed to agree upon a verdict. The sole error here assigned is the District Court’s refusal to provide appellant, at Government expense, with a transcript of the proceedings upon the first trial.

Appellant as an indigent had proceeded from the outset with court-appointed counsel. After the conclusion of the first trial new counsel was substituted, who promptly moved the court for an order directing the United States to furnish the…