UNITED STATES v. HANSEN

No. 803, Docket 81-1335.

701 F.2d 1078 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Arthur HANSEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Bassis, The Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Services Unit, New York City, submitted a brief, for defendant-appellant.

George W.F. Cook, U.S. Atty., and P. Scott McGee, Asst. U.S. Atty., Burlington, Vt., submitted a brief, for appellee.

Before NEWMAN and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges, and BURNS, District Judge.


NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal from a conviction in a criminal case, now before us on a petition for rehearing, poses unusual aspects of the always troubling matter of the insanity defense. Arthur Hansen appeals from a judgment of the District Court for the District of Vermont (Albert D. Coffrin, Judge) convicting him, after a bench trial, of two counts of federal firearms violations. Count I charged Hansen with falsely denying that he was a mental patient at...

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