LATHAN v. REID

No. 15672.

280 F.2d 66 (1960)

Coy Willie LATHAN, Appellant, v. Curtis REID, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

June 2, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Richard Arens, Washington, D. C., and Lawrence Speiser, Washington, D. C., were on the pleadings for appellant.

Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., Carl W. Belcher and Daniel J. McTague, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the pleadings for appellee.

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


WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This is an extradition case. Appellant's counsel urges that appellant is mentally incompetent, that he is unable to assist counsel, and that accordingly he is not subject to being extradited.

It appears that on March 2, 1960, appellant was apprehended in the District of Columbia at the request of the North Carolina authorities, who alleged that he had escaped from custody in that state while serving a sentence of imprisonment for...

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