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LEACH v. UNITED STATES

No. 18198.

334 F.2d 945 (1964)

William R. LEACH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

As Amended May 11 and 19, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Max M. Kampelman and Arnold H. Leibowitz, Washington, D. C. (both appointed by the District Court), were on the motion for appellant.

Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Robert D. Devlin, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the opposition to appellant's motion.

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

BAZELON, Chief Judge.

When William Leach appeared for sentencing after his conviction for robbery, he asked the judge to refer him for a mental examination. The prisoner said he had twice been under psychiatric care. His lawyer told the court that in the last 31 years, Leach's entire adult life, he had been out of prison only 63 days. The pre-sentence report characterized Leach as "the classical picture of the psychopathic offender." Yet the judge ignored his request...

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