Task: songer_applfrom

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. Your task is to identify the type of district court decision or judgment appealed from (i.e., the nature of the decision below in the district court).

PER CURIAM:
In a jury trial, Allen was found guilty of having unlawfully transported a motor vehicle in interstate commerce. 18 U.S.C. § 2312. His challenge to the conviction is based upon his contention that he was deprived of a fair trial because of certain remarks made by the trial judge during the course of the trial and in the presence of the jury. He points to nine pages of the record and characterizes comments which there appear as “ridicule” and “rebukes” directed to counsel.
It is true, of course, that a trial judge must maintain, especially in a jury trial, that restraint which is essential to the dignity of the court and to the assurance of an atmosphere of impartiality. In this case, however, we cannot agree that the district judge overstepped the bounds of propriety. And even if it could be said that the several comments, considered as a whole, constituted error, the error could not have operated so as to prejudice, significantly, the rights of the accused. The evidence of his guilt was overwhelming.
Affirmed.

Question: What is the type of district court decision or judgment appealed from (i.e., the nature of the decision below in the district court)?
A. Trial (either jury or bench trial)
B. Injunction or denial of injunction or stay of injunction
C. Summary judgment or denial of summary judgment
D. Guilty plea or denial of motion to withdraw plea
E. Dismissal (include dismissal of petition for habeas corpus)
F. Appeals of post judgment orders (e.g., attorneys' fees, costs, damages, JNOV - judgment nothwithstanding the verdict)
G. Appeal of post settlement orders
H. Not a final judgment: interlocutory appeal
I. Not a final judgment: mandamus
J. Other (e.g., pre-trial orders, rulings on motions, directed verdicts) or could not determine nature of final judgment
K. Does not fit any of the above categories, but opinion mentions a "trial judge"
L. Not applicable (e.g., decision below was by a federal administrative agency, tax court)
Answer:

Answer: A