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TREST v. UNITED STATES

No. 19228.

350 F.2d 794 (1965)

William L. TREST, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 10, 1965.

Petition for Rehearing Denied October 8, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William J. LeBuhn, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Raymond N. Shibley, Washington, D. C. (both appointed by this court), 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 Joel D. Blackwell, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and DANAHER and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied October 8, 1965.

PER CURIAM.

Although a report from St. Elizabeths Hospital stated that appellant was "suffering from Psychoneurotic Reaction, Obsessive-Compulsive Type (Sexual Deviation)" and that his offenses were "products of this condition," appellant refused to allow an insanity defense to be made on his behalf. Indeed, the appellant himself addressed the court, insisting that he was not "incompetent." In detail both...

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