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DOUGLAS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 12795, 12879.

239 F.2d 52 (1956)

Charles W. DOUGLAS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee (two cases).

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 9, 1956.

Petition for Rehearing Denied December 4, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward Bennett Williams, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court), with whom Miss Agnes A. Neill, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Harold H. Greene, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., at the time record was filed, Lewis A. Carroll and Harold H. Titus, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and FAHY and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

Petition for Rehearing In Banc Denied December 4, 1956.

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

These appeals question two separate convictions of robbery at two separate trials.1 Both robberies occurred in the early morning of September 11, 1952. The accused, Douglas, pleaded not guilty in each case and petitioned for a lunacy inquiry under § 24-301, D.C.Code 1951. Such an inquiry was held and on December 19, 1952, he was adjudged to be of...

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