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JORDAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 11682.

207 F.2d 28 (1953)

JORDAN v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 30, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James J. Laughlin, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Albert J. Ahern, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. E. Riley Casey, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and Thomas A. Flannery, Asst. U. S. Atty., and William R. Glendon, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time of argument, were on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. Charles M. Irelan, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time the record was filed, also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before CLARK, WILBUR K. MILLER and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

For many years the procedure to be followed by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in determining an accused person's mental competence to stand trial was prescribed by a statute originally enacted March 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1340, ch. 854, § 927, which, as amended April 14, 1906, 34 Stat. 113, ch. 1624, and July 2, 1945, 59 Stat. 311, ch. 217, appears as § 24-301 in the 1951 edition of the District...

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