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UNITED STATES v. WILSON

No. 10991.

399 F.2d 459 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ellis Mack WILSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Lee Cogdill, Newport News, Va. (Court-appointed counsel), (Palmer & Cogdill, Newport News, Va., on the brief), for appellant.

C. V. Spratley, Jr., U. S. Atty. (Roger T. Williams, Asst. U. S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and SOBELOFF and BOREMAN, Circuit Judges.

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

The defendant appeals from a conviction of bank robbery, contending there should have been a directed verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity. The contention is insubstantial, and the conviction is affirmed.

Immediately prior to the robbery of the bank, Wilson spent four days in jail on a charge of public drunkenness.1 During those four days, he seemed to his jailers "queer." A "model prisoner," he...

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