HUGHES v. UNITED STATES

No. 16888.

306 F.2d 287 (1962)

Samuel M. HUGHES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edgar T. Bellinger, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court) for appellant.

Mr. Judah Best, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Nathan J. Paulson, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BASTIAN, BURGER and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


BURGER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was found guilty of rape, housebreaking and larceny and on appeal he urges (1) error in receipt of oral and written confessions, (2) error in failure to submit issue of voluntariness of confessions, (3) lack of corroboration as to rape, (4) coerciveness of charge to jury, (5) error in permitting a psychiatrist to examine appellant at request of the United States Attorney shortly after his preliminary hearing and before he had counsel...

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