SIMPSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 17442.

320 F.2d 803 (1963)

Horace SIMPSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1963.

Petition for Rehearing Denied August 1, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Philip W. Amram, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. Barry Sidman, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker and Tim Murphy, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and BASTIAN and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied En Banc August 1, 1963.

PER CURIAM.

After a trial by jury, appellant was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon and assault with intent to kill, and was sentenced to three to nine years imprisonment. His appeal centers about the trial court's instruction relating to his defense of insanity.

Appellant presents "no objection * * to the basic statements of the court in its charge on sanity." He objects only...

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