HOLLOWAY v. UNITED STATES

No. 8822.

148 F.2d 665 (1945)

HOLLOWAY v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided February 26, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George E. C. Hayes, of Washington, D. C. (appointed by District Court), for appellant.

Mr. Charles B. Murray, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C. with whom Messrs. Edward M. Curran, United States Attorney, and John P. Burke, Assistant United States Attorney, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER and ARNOLD, Associate Justices.


ARNOLD, Associate Justice.

The appellant was convicted of rape. He appeals on the sole ground that the record discloses such substantial doubt of his sanity that the verdict should be set aside. It appears that for years prior to the crime defendant was suffering from mental disease and was an abnormal psychopathic personality. In 1940 he was held in Gallinger Hospital for mental observation. Later he was confined in the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners...

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