Task: songer_sentence

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. The issue is: "Did the court conclude that some penalty, excluding the death penalty, was improperly imposed?" 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". 

ORDER
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction, following jury trial, of the defendants-appellants under a multiple count indictment charging violations of narcotics statutes. Minimum sentences required by statute were imposed as to each defendant-appellant which are not under attack on this appeal. Additional sentences, in neither case of greater duration than the required minimum just referred to, were imposed under other counts, and it is the convictions under those counts which defendants-appellants here seek to have reviewed. Where a sentence under a count not challenged on appeal is not in excess of sentences imposed under other counts and provided to run concurrently with the former it -is unnecessary to consider the validity of such additional convictions on appeal. Hirabayashi v. United States, 320 U.S. 81, 63 S.Ct. 1375, 87 L.Ed. 1774 (1943); United States v. Romano, 382 U.S. 136, 86 S.Ct. 279, 15 L.Ed.2d 210 (1965); see also Zachary v. United States, 275 F.2d 793 (6th Cir. 1960). Accordingly,
It is ordered that the judgment of the District Court be and it is hereby affirmed.

Question: Did the court conclude that some penalty, excluding the death penalty, was improperly imposed?
A. No
B. Yes
C. Yes, but error was harmless
D. Mixed answer
E. Issue not discussed
Answer:

Answer: A