Task: songer_typeiss

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court. Choose among the following categories. Criminal and prisioner petitions- includes appeals of conviction, petitions for post conviction relief, habeas corpus petitions, and other prisoner petitions which challenge the validity of the conviction or the sentence or the validity of continued confinement. Civil - Government - these will include appeals from administrative agencies (e.g., OSHA,FDA), the decisions of administrative law judges, or the decisions of independent regulatory agencies (e.g., NLRB, FCC,SEC). The focus in administrative law is usually on procedural principles that apply to administrative agencies as they affect private interests, primarily through rulemaking and adjudication. Tort actions against the government, including petitions by prisoners which challenge the conditions of their confinement or which seek damages for torts committed by prion officials or by police fit in this category. In addition, this category will include suits over taxes and claims for benefits from government. Diversity of Citizenship - civil cases involving disputes between citizens of different states (remember that businesses have state citizenship). These cases will always involve the application of state or local law. If the case is centrally concerned with the application or interpretation of federal law then it is not a diversity case. Civil Disputes - Private - includes all civil cases that do not fit in any of the above categories. The opposing litigants will be individuals, businesses or groups.

PER CURIAM.
This is a companion case to United States v. Copeland, 4 Cir., 295 F.2d 635.
Wayland White, Jr., the defendant here, was jointly indicted with Copeland and others for an alleged conspiracy to violate Internal Revenue Laws relating to whisky.
White could not be present when his codefendants were tried and convicted. Later, he was tried separately. Testimony was then introduced, which is summarized in our opinion in Copeland. The principal witness for the prosecution testified that he purchased whisky from White, that White was present during another transaction alleged to have been in furtherance of the conspiracy, that White, himself, negotiated with the witness for the sale and delivery of whisky and the procurement of jars and sugar. This witness also testified that White told him some of the details of the conspiracy.
White now seeks a reversal of his conviction upon the ground that the court erroneously received in evidence statements of certain of the alleged co-conspirators, showing the conspiracy and White’s participation. He particularly objects to some of the statements received in evidence before direct evidence of White’s participation in the conspiracy had been received.
These are identically the same contentions raised by White’s co-conspirator, Copeland, and which we have fully considered on Copeland’s appeal from his conviction.
For the reasons stated in United States v. Copeland, the judgment of conviction is affirmed.
Affirmed.

Question: What is the general category of issues discussed in the opinion of the court?
A. criminal and prisoner petitions
B. civil - government
C. diversity of citizenship
D. civil - private
E. other, not applicable
F. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: A