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FRIGILLANA v. UNITED STATES

No. 16493.

307 F.2d 665 (1962)

Helen FRIGILLANA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William A. Tinney, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Wesley S. Williams, Washington, D. C. (both appointed by the District Court) was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Charles T. Duncan, Principal Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., Nathan J. Paulson, Harold H. Titus, Jr., and Miss Doris H. Spangenburg, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, Chief Judge, and BASTIAN and BURGER, Circuit Judges.

BURGER, Circuit Judge.

An indictment returned November 10, 1952, charged that Helen Frigillana murdered Etta M. Mitchell on October 10, 1952. In early 1953 Mrs. Frigillana was adjudged mentally incompetent to stand trial and was committed to St. Elizabeths Hospital. In April, 1961, having been found competent to stand trial, she was tried and convicted of second degree murder. Pending this appeal, Mrs. Frigillana has been...

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