UNITED STATES v. LIMBER

No. 3305.

192 A.2d 530 (1963)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Clyde L. LIMBER, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 27, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Renne, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Edmond T. Daly, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellant.

Donald B. Gentry, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Chief Judge.

The basic facts in this case are quite similar to those in Lynch v. Overholser, 369 U.S. 705, 82 S.Ct. 1063, 8 L.Ed.2d 211, and this appeal by the Government challenges the trial court's interpretation of the Lynch decision.

Limber, appellee here, was charged with petit larceny and committed to D. C. General Hospital for a period of thirty days to determine his competency to stand trial. A psychiatrist on...

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