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No. 03-4555
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Benson Everett Legg, Chief District Judge.
(CR-01-115-L)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Allah Burman appeals his jury convictions and resulting
sentence for possessing cocaine with intent to distribute it in
violation of 18 U.S.C.A. 841(a)(1) and conspiring to distribute
cocaine in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. 846.
We affirm Burmans
that the district court violated his equal protection rights when
it failed to provide him with a free transcript of his codefendants trial.
(1961)(holding
defendant
that
with
the
Government
transcript
of
must
prior
provide
proceedings
an
indigent
when
that
The
been
prepared
and
certainly
would
have
Thus, the
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in
excess
of
the
maximum
authorized
by
the
jurys
contentions
materials
of
the
before
parties
the
court
are
adequately
and
argument
presented
would
not
in
the
aid
the
decisional process.
AFFIRMED IN PART,
VACATED IN PART,
AND REMANDED
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