ROLLERSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 17675.

343 F.2d 269 (1964)

Roosevelt ROLLERSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 1, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William H. Allen (appointed by this court), Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. James vanR. Springer, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Max Frescoln, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and WILBUR K. MILLER and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


BAZELON, Chief Judge.

Rollerson appeals from two convictions: one for robbery and one for contempt of court during the robbery trial.

He claims that his insanity defense was not sufficiently rebutted by the psychiatrists' "conclusory" testimony that he suffered no mental disease.1 He says the psychiatrists "usurped the function of the jury" by testifying to the "ultimate fact" of insanity rather than explaining the "basis of their...

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