UNITED STATES v. WALKER

No. 75-1796.

537 F.2d 1192 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Willard O. WALKER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 4, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. J. Crickenberger, Arlington, Va. [court-appointed counsel] (Crickenberger & Moore, Arlington, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Edward Lowenberg, Special Asst. U. S. Atty. (William B. Cummings, U. S. Atty., Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and RUSSELL and FIELD, Circuit Judges.


BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Willard O. Walker was indicted for escaping from a federal reformatory, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 751, and for kidnapping two persons in furtherance of the escape, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201. Walker's attorney made a motion prior to trial for the appointment of a psychiatrist to determine both Walker's mental capacity to commit the offense with which he was charged1 and his mental capacity...

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