UNITED STATES v. BUTLER

No. 12030.

409 F.2d 1261 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Cornelius Allen BUTLER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rutherford C. Lake, Jr., Newport News, Va., (Court-appointed counsel) for appellant.

James A. Oast, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., (C. V. Spratley, Jr., U. S. Atty., on brief) for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, WINTER and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:

On this direct appeal, Cornelius Allen Butler contends that the jury which found him guilty of robbing a federally insured bank in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) was improperly instructed on the issue of insanity. He maintains that the District Court erred in refusing his counsel's request that the charge to the jury be given in accordance with the rule formulated by the American Law Institute.1 Butler was...

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