Krieger v. Commonwealth

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA

Present: Judges Felton, Kelsey and Senior Judge Willis
Argued at Richmond, Virginia

ARTHUR C. KREIGER, II
MEMORANDUM OPINION
v. Record No. 0408-00-2 PER CURIAM
JUNE 10, 2003
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF PETERSBURG
James F. D'Alton, Jr., Judge

Arthur C. Kreiger, II, pro se.

(Louis A. Rosenstock, III, Special Assistant
City Attorney, on brief), for appellee.
Appellee submitting on brief.

Arthur C. Kreiger, II, appeals the trial court's denial of

his motion for court-appointed counsel and copies of transcripts

for his defense of a contempt proceeding. 1 In Kreiger v.

Commonwealth, 38 Va. App. 569, 567 S.E.2d 557 (2002) (en banc),

we held that Kreiger's contempt proceeding was civil in nature

and thus he was not entitled to transcripts or court-appointed

counsel on appeal. Both the rationale and the holding of our en

banc decision apply to Kreiger's request for court-appointed

1
Kreiger's pro se appeal brief raises other issues that
were not presented to the trial court. Finding no basis for
invoking the ends of justice or good cause exceptions to Rule
5A:18, we do not address these procedurally defaulted issues.
counsel and transcripts in the trial court. As a result, we

affirm for the reasons stated in our en banc opinion.

Affirmed.

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