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UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS

No. 71-1447.

475 F.2d 355 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America v. Edward B. WILLIAMS, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Hostetler, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

James F. Flanagan, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee. Richard L. Cys, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before WRIGHT, TAMM and McCREE, Circuit Judges.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Effective February 1, 1971, Section 207(6) of the District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act added the following sentence to subsection (j) of 24 D.C.Code § 301: "No person accused of an offense shall be acquitted on the ground that he was insane at the time of its commission unless his insanity, regardless of who raises the issue, is affirmatively established by a preponderance of the evidence." Prior to February...

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