Task: songer_appel1_7_5

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals.
Intervenors who participated as parties at the courts of appeals should be counted as either appellants or respondents when it can be determined whose position they supported. For example, if there were two plaintiffs who lost in district court, appealed, and were joined by four intervenors who also asked the court of appeals to reverse the district court, the number of appellants should be coded as six.
When coding the detailed nature of participants, use your personal knowledge about the participants, if you are completely confident of the accuracy of your knowledge, even if the specific information is not in the opinion. For example, if "IBM" is listed as the appellant it could be classified as "clearly national or international in scope" even if the opinion did not indicate the scope of the business. 

Your task concerns the first listed appellant. The nature of this litigant falls into the category "natural person (excludes persons named in their official capacity or who appear because of a role in a private organization)". Your task is to determine which of these categories best describes the income of the litigant. Consider the following categories: "not ascertained", "poor + wards of state" (e.g., patients at state mental hospital; not prisoner unless specific indication that poor), "presumed poor" (e.g., migrant farm worker), "presumed wealthy" (e.g., high status job - like medical doctors, executives of corporations that are national in scope, professional athletes in the NBA or NFL; upper 1/5 of income bracket), "clear indication of wealth in opinion", "other - above poverty line but not clearly wealthy" (e.g., public school teachers, federal government employees)." Note that "poor" means below the federal poverty line; e.g., welfare or food stamp recipients. There must be some specific indication in the opinion that you can point to before anyone is classified anything other than "not ascertained". Prisoners filing "pro se" were classified as poor, but litigants in civil cases who proceed pro se were not presumed to be poor. Wealth obtained from the crime at issue in a criminal case was not counted when determining the wealth of the criminal defendant (e.g., drug dealers).

PER CURIAM.
Appellant was convicted after a jury trial of assault with intent to rob (D.C. Code § 22-501) and assault with a dangerous weapon (D.C.Code § 22-502), and was sentenced to terms of imprisonment, up to six years on the former offense, to be served concurrently.
Counsel appointed by this court vigorously presses the contention that appellant was prejudiced by the fact that preliminary examination was waived and hence trial counsel did not have the benefit at trial and in preparation for trial of defense cross-examination of the prosecution’s witnesses, and examination of the real evidence, proffered at the preliminary examination provided for in F.R.Crim.P. Rule 5.
Reliance is placed on our rulings in Blue v. United States, 119 U.S.App.D.C. 315, 342 F.2d 894 (1964), cert. denied, 380 U.S. 944, 85 S.Ct. 1029, 13 L.Ed.2d 964, and Dancy v. United States, Nos. 18366, 18716, opinion October 14, 1965, modified February 11, 1966, 124 U.S. App.D.C. ___, 361 F.2d 75. Blue expounds the statutory right to counsel, under the District of Columbia Legal Aid Act, of the arrested person brought before the commissioner. In Dancy defendant was without counsel at the preliminary examination, which was held before the issuance of Blue.
Appellant’s case, however, arose after Blue had made its appearance. The D. C. Court of General Sessions did appoint counsel for appellant when he was brought there following the arrest. Appellant conferred with counsel before preliminary examination was waived. It is not alleged that appellant did not participate in the decision to waive preliminary hearing. We do not know the nature of their conference, but we cannot say that there was no basis for an informed decision to waive preliminary examination, a waiver which is specifically provided for in Rule 5(c). The possibilities of prejudice are speculative. We see no basis for reversal.
Affirmed.

Question: This question concerns the first listed appellant. The nature of this litigant falls into the category "natural person (excludes persons named in their official capacity or who appear because of a role in a private organization)". Which of these categories best describes the income of the litigant?
A. not ascertained
B. poor + wards of state
C. presumed poor
D. presumed wealthy
E. clear indication of wealth in opinion
F. other - above poverty line but not clearly wealthy
Answer:

Answer: B