MILLER v. CAMERON

No. 18306.

335 F.2d 986 (1964)

Ferdi A. MILLER, Appellant, v. Dale C. CAMERON, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 11, 1964.

Petition for Rehearing Denied September 18, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mrs. A. Lillian C. Kennedy, Washington, D. C. (appointed by the District Court), with whom Mr. Eugene A. Chase, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker and Oscar Altshuler, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WASHINGTON, DANAHER and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


DANAHER, Circuit Judge:

Appellant's wife died as the result of a fracas. After the appellant had been indicted on a charge of murder the staff at St. Elizabeths certified that the appellant was mentally competent to stand trial and that he was not suffering from any mental disease or defect either during the period of examination at St. Elizabeths or at the time of his wife's death. Certain psychiatrists testified to like effect at the trial while yet others testified...

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