PEOPLE v. HIGGINS


21 Misc.2d 567 (1960)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Thomas J. Higgins, Defendant.

County Court, Kings County.

February 27, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward S. Silver, District Attorney (William I. Siegel of counsel), for plaintiff.

Frances Kahn, Louis Waldman, Wm. Liebowitz, Jacob Siegfried and Arnold D. Roseman for defendant.


HYMAN BARSHAY, J.

The District Attorney moves for an order permitting a qualified psychiatrist, designated by him, to enter the Brooklyn House of Detention, for the purpose of examining this defendant psychiatrically. The defendant, indicted for murder in the first degree, pleaded not guilty, with a specification of insanity. On application of his counsel, I designated two psychiatrists to testify on his behalf...

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