UNITED STATES v. SMITH

No. 18095.

404 F.2d 720 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Edward SMITH, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

As Amended December 12, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell T. Hughes (Court Appointed) Ashland, Ky., for appellant.

James F. Cook, Lexington, Ky. (George I. Cline, U. S. Atty., James F. Cook, Asst. U. S. Atty., Lexington, Ky., on the brief), for appellee.

Before EDWARDS, CELEBREZZE and McCREE, Circuit Judges.


EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

This case presents for the first time in this decade in this circuit the question of what is or ought to be the test of criminal responsibility concerning a defendant's plea of insanity in a criminal case.

Appellant was charged with robbing the First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Ashland, Kentucky, on October 19, 1965, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (a) and (d) (1964). In subsequent proceedings to determine his competency...

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