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UNITED STATES v. WALKER

No. Cr. 70 39.

335 F.Supp. 705 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Michael James WALKER, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

September 30, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asst. U. S. Atty. Paul J. Fitzpatrick, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

Federal Public Defender James F. Hewitt, and George T. Davis, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

PECKHAM, District Judge.

This case demonstrates in the strongest terms the glaring need for federal legislation in regard to long-term detention for treatment of mentally incompetent defendants. As the situation exists at present, federal courts face a painful dilemma: either to confine the accused in flagrant violation of certain due process rights, or to release from custody an individual...

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