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FRENDAK v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 11043, 11046.

408 A.2d 364 (1979)

Paula J. FRENDAK, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee. UNITED STATES v. Paula J. FRENDAK.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 24, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Farquhar, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

John W. Polk, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time brief was filed and John A. Terry and John T. Kotelly, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

John D. Aldock, Washington, D. C., appointed by the court as amicus curiae, with whom William R. Galeota, Washington, D. C., was on brief.*

Before KERN, GALLAGHER and FERREN, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

A jury found appellant Paula Frendak guilty of first-degree murder, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2401, and carrying a pistol without a license, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-3204. Troubled by evidence introduced at Frendak's competency hearings and at trial, the court conducted hearings on her sanity at the time of the crime. As a result, the court decided — over Frendak's objection — to interpose the insanity defense at a

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