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UNITED STATES v. TORNIERO

No. 1082, Docket 83-1459.

735 F.2d 725 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John J. TORNIERO, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 24, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Hartmere, Asst. U.S. Atty., D. Conn., New Haven, Conn. (Alan H. Nevas, U.S. Atty., District of Connecticut, New Haven, Conn., of counsel), for appellee.

John J. Keefe, Jr., Lynch, Traub, Keefe & Snow, New Haven, Conn. (Hugh F. Keefe, Charles E. Tiernan III, New Haven, Conn., of counsel), for appellant.

Before KAUFMAN, MESKILL and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges.

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

Once again we are called upon to consider an issue related to the insanity defense presenting a basic question fundamental to the very notion of criminal justice. See United States v. Freeman, 357 F.2d 606, 607 (2d Cir.1966). We decide today whether a trial judge can exclude an insanity defense based on compulsive gambling. Any issue involving insanity evokes extraordinary interest and, indeed...

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