UNITED STATES v. RICHARDSON

No. 71-1077.

459 F.2d 1133 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America v. Raymond RICHARDSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

January 31, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert L. Kay, Chevy Chase, Md. (appointed by this Court) was on the brief for appellant.

Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, and John A. Terry, Daniel E. Toomey, and Robert Richard Chapman, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief for appellee.

Before McGOWAN, LEVENTHAL, and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant was convicted of (1) entering a bank with intent to commit robbery, and (2) attempted robbery. The only issue raised on appeal is whether it was plain error to fail to instruct that voluntary narcosis can negate the specific intent requisite to a conviction for these crimes.

While there was some testimony by the teller and a police officer concerning the peculiar behavior of appellant and his appearance that might have suggested that...

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