UNITED STATES v. HORD

No. 71-2396.

459 F.2d 1003 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brady HORD, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

May 4, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Ubhaus (argued), James F. Hewitt, Federal Public Defender, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

James Hayard, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), F. Steele Langford, Asst. U. S. Atty., James L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DUNIWAY and TRASK, Circuit Judges, and PREGERSON, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

At his trial without a jury for bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (a), the appellant Hord admitted robbing the bank but claimed that he should be acquitted because his addiction to heroin was a mental disease or defect that substantially impaired his ability to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct, or to conform it to the requirements of law, within the meaning of Wade v. United States, 9 Cir., 1970, 426 F.2d 64<...

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