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JORDAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 12044.

217 F.2d 670 (1954)

George T. JORDAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 9, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James J. Laughlin, Washington, D. C. (appointed by the District Court), with whom Mr. Albert J. Ahern, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Lewis Carroll, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and Thomas A. Flannery, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, FAHY and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a conviction of assault with intent to commit robbery. D.C.Code § 22-501 (1951). The principal point urged is that the charge to the jury on the defense of insanity, while correct under the standards prevailing when the case was tried, does not meet the requirements laid down in Durham v. United States, 1954, 94 U.S.App. D.C. ___, 214 F.2d 862. As we pointed out in that case, the standard there...

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