Task: songer_direct1

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Your task is to determine the ideological directionality of the court of appeals decision, coded as "liberal" or "conservative". Consider liberal to be  for the defendant. Consider the directionality to be "mixed" if the directionality of the decision was intermediate to the extremes defined above or if the decision was mixed (e.g., the conviction of defendant in a criminal trial was affirmed on one count but reversed on a second count or if the conviction was afirmed but the sentence was reduced). Consider "not ascertained" if the directionality could not be determined or if the outcome could not be classified according to any conventional outcome standards.

PHILLIPS, District Judge.
Silk and Meek were jointly charged by indictment containing seven counts. The first count charged them with a conspiracy to violate the Rational Prohibition Act (Comp. St. § 1013814 et seq.). The second, fourth, and sixth charged them with unlawful transportation of intoxicating liquor. The third, fifth, and seventh charged them with unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor. Meek was found guilty upon counts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6. Silk was found guilty'upon counts 1, 5, and 7. In our former opinion, we directed that the judgment be affirmed as to Silk on counts 1, 5, and 7, and reversed as to Meek upon counts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6. Silk has filed a petition for rehearing.
While the indictment charged a conspiracy between Silk, Meek, and other persons to the grand jurors unknown, a re-examination of the record convinces us that the proof supported the charge only as to Silk and Meek. It follows that we erred in affirming the judgment upon count 1 as to Silk and reversing it as to Meek, for the reason that, where the conspiracy is limited to two defendants, error requiring the reversal as to one of them carries with it a reversal as to the other. Morrow v. U. S. (C. C. A. 8) 11 F.(2d) 256, 260; Turinetti v. U. S. (C. C. A. 8) 2 F.(2d) 15.
We have examined the other contentions made in the petition for rehearing and find they are without merit.
The former opinion is therefore modified, to the extent of directing that the judgment as to Silk upon count 1 be reversed and remanded, with instructions to grant him a new trial on count'1. It is so ordered.

Question: What is the ideological directionality of the court of appeals decision?
A. conservative
B. liberal
C. mixed
D. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: C