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BLUNT v. UNITED STATES

No. 20119.

389 F.2d 545 (1967)

Thomas E. BLUNT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 12, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Neal E. Krucoff, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court) for appellant.

Mr. Carl S. Rauh, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee. Messrs. Robert S. Brady, Attorney, Department of Justice, and James A. Strazzella, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered appearances for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and WRIGHT, Circuit Judge, DAVIS, Judge, United States Court of Claims.

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

This appeal from a conviction for housebreaking attacks the adequacy of a pretrial competency hearing.1 Before trial appellant was committed to Saint Elizabeths for a mental examination pursuant to D.C.Code, 1961 ed., § 24-301(a). By letter dated April 2, 1965, the Hospital Superintendent informed the court without elaboration of its inquiry or diagnosis that "Mr. Blunt is mentally competent for trial * * * ...

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