UNITED STATES v. WRIGHT

No. 79-1124.

627 F.2d 1300 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America v. Beachey L. WRIGHT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy G. Rudnick* with whom Michael Zeldin (Appointed by this Court) and Sandra Richardson* were on the brief, for appellant.

William J. Bowman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Carl S. Rauh, U. S. Atty. (at the time the brief was filed), Washington, D. C., John A. Terry, Michael W. Farrell, Roger M. Adelman and John H. E. Bayly, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge, WILKEY and WALD, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge BAZELON.

Circuit Judge WILKEY concurs in the result and in Parts I and II.

BAZELON, Senior Circuit Judge:

After a two-day evidentiary hearing, the trial judge declined to interpose a defense of insanity over the objections of appellant, Beachey Wright. Wright was charged with destruction of government property (18 U.S.C. § 1361). The indictment alleged that Wright damaged a model of the United...

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