UNITED STATES v. MINOR

No. 71-2748.

459 F.2d 103 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alan Bronk MINOR, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Forman, Miami, Fla. (Court Appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., Kenneth G. Oertel, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge and BELL and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


BELL, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding Minor guilty on an indictment which charged him with robbery of the Dade Federal Savings and Loan Association. 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(a). We reverse for a new trial.

There was little question of appellant having committed the robbery. The defense was insanity at the time of the commission of the robbery. The gist of the defense was lack of mental capacity to...

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