HUGHES v. UNITED STATES

No. 19582.

303 F.2d 776 (1962)

Steven Douglas HUGHES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Douglas Hughes, Springfield, Mo., for appellant.

Homero M. Lopez, Asst. U. S. Atty., Brownsville, Tex., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and RIVES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

It appearing that the appellant complains of the dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus without a hearing on appellant's claim that he was mentally incompetent to stand trial on the date of his trial and conviction on December 14, 1960; and it appearing that appellant was recommended for hospitalization by the trial court and that he was subsequently transferred to the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners at Springfield, Missouri, where he is now...

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