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UNITED STATES v. PORTIS

No. 76-1062.

542 F.2d 414 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald PORTIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 24, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terence F. MacCarthy, Federal Defender Program, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Samuel K. Skinner, U.S. Atty., Anne Bowen Poulin, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, PELL and TONE, Circuit Judges.

PELL, Circuit Judge.

Ronald Eugene Portis appeals from his conviction by a jury for robbery of a federally insured savings and loan association, 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a).1 At trial Portis did not controvert the evidence of Government witnesses about the events which had led to his indictment. He relied entirely on a claim of insanity. The issues on appeal are concerned with this claim.

Midday on September 3, 1975, Portis went to...

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