Task: songer_prejud

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. The issue is: "Was there prejudicial conduct by prosecution? (including prosecutor refusing to produce evidence which would aid defendant)" Answer the question based on the directionality of the appeals court decision. If the court discussed the issue in its opinion and answered the related question in the affirmative, answer "Yes". If the issue was discussed and the opinion answered the question negatively, answer "No". If the opinion considered the question but gave a mixed answer, supporting the respondent in part and supporting the appellant in part, answer "Mixed answer". If the opinion does not discuss the issue, or notes that a particular issue was raised by one of the litigants but the court dismissed the issue as frivolous or trivial or not worthy of discussion for some other reason, answer "Issue not discussed". If the opinion considered the question but gave a "mixed" answer, supporting the respondent in part and supporting the appellant in part (or if two issues treated separately by the court both fell within the area covered by one question and the court answered one question affirmatively and one negatively), answer "Mixed answer". If the opinion either did not consider or discuss the issue at all or if the opinion indicates that this issue was not worthy of consideration by the court of appeals even though it was discussed by the lower court or was raised in one of the briefs, answer "Issue not discussed". If the court answered the question in the affirmative, but the error articulated by the court was judged to be harmless, answer "Yes, but error was harmless". 

PER CURIAM:
After waiving a jury trial, the appellant was tried by the Court on a charge of transporting a motor vehicle between Memphis, Tennessee, and Asheville, North Carolina, knowing the same had been previously stolen and taken without the permission or consent of the true owner, the appellant’s employer at the time the vehicle was stolen, and converted by the appellant to his own use, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2312. The Court found him guilty and sentenced him to five years’ imprisonment.
Appellant contends on appeal that his conviction should be reversed for the following reasons: that (1) he was proceeding pro se and was deprived of effective access to the Court or of an adequate opportunity to prepare his defense; that (2) he was denied due process and equal protection of the laws as a result of being deprived of access to a law library; that (3) the'Trial Court abused its discretion in denying appellant’s request to withdraw his waiver of a jury trial; that (4) the United States Attorney was guilty of prejudicial misconduct; that (5) the Trial Court abused its discretion in disrupting appellant’s cross-examination of a witness; and that (6) the Trial Court abused its discretion and deprived appellant of effective assistance,' of counsel at a critical stage in the proceedings when it denied appellant’s request for Appointment of counsel after the Trial Court returned its verdict.
The record shows that the appellant was well aware of his rights and asserted them quite forcefully. He made numerous pretrial motions, which were heard promptly by the Court and argued expertly by tile appellant. One such motion was that he /be allowed access to a law library. He ,tvas told by the Court that he was entit)ed to “whatever law books are availablé” and that he [the Judge] understood/“they do have some law books there [in Asheville] in the jail.” In spite of his protestations concerning the use of a law library the record does not show that he ever availed himself of the use of any law books. Appellant’s constitutional rights in this respect were not, therefore, violated.
Waiver of jury trial was made after interrogation by the Court to satisfy itself that appellant was voluntarily, knowingly and intelligently waiving jury trial. The record is devoid of any evidence that the waiver was coerced by anyone. The motion to withdraw waiver of jury trial was made on the eve of trial and after witnesses, who lived at distant places, had been subpoenaed and it would have been difficult, if not impossible, to have stopped them. Under the circumstances of this ease, the District Court did not abuse its discretion in denying appellant’s motion to withdraw his waiver of jury trial.
We find no merit in the contention of the appellant that the United States Attorney was guilty of misconduct or that the Trial Court abused its discretion in disrupting appellant’s cross-examination of a witness.
Accordingly the judgment of conviction of the appellant is affirmed.
After the Court had found appellant guilty the appellant moved to withdraw his waiver of .counsel and to have counsel appointed to assist him at this stage of the proceedings. The District Court denied the motion and, after receiving a pre-sentence report, sentenced the appellant. The Government concedes that it was error not to have appointed counsel for the appellant at the sentencing stage of the proceedings. Appellant’s sentence is vacated and the ease is remanded to the District Court so that appellant may be allowed to withdraw his waiver of counsel in order that he may be represented by counsel at his sentencing. See United States v. Burkley (4th Cir. 1975) 511 F.2d 47, 51.
Conviction affirmed; sentence vacated and remanded.
. Appellant was held the greater part of his confinement in the Buncombe County Jail at Asheville, North Carolina.

Question: Was there prejudicial conduct by prosecution?
A. No
B. Yes
C. Yes, but error was harmless
D. Mixed answer
E. Issue not discussed
Answer:

Answer: A