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SESSOMS v. UNITED STATES

No. 19241.

359 F.2d 268 (1966)

Leroy R. SESSOMS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. E. Grey Lewis, Washington, D. C., (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. David W. Miller, Asst. U. S. Atty., at the time of argument, with whom Mr. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., at the time the brief was filed, Messrs. Frank Q. Nebeker and Joel D. Blackwell, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. John C. Conliff, Jr., U. S. Atty., at the time of argument, also entered an appearance for appellee.

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

PER CURIAM:

This appeal is from a judgment sentencing appellant to imprisonment for one to three years concurrently upon his conviction of four counts of mail theft. It involves a "very close case of mental defect" as the trial judge pointed out at bench conference following the jury's request for a supplementary instruction on insanity.1

At arraignment on August 28, 1964, the presiding...

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