UNITED STATES v. SLOAN

No. 85-1166.

776 F.2d 926 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lloyd D. SLOAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Green, First Asst. U.S. Atty. (William S. Price, U.S. Atty., with him on the brief), Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiff-appellee.

Gary Peterson, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendant-appellant.

Before MOORE and SETH, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, District Judge.


JOHN P. MOORE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal following conviction of the crime of kidnapping, 18 U.S.C. § 1201, and a sentence of 75 years. Defendant has presented a number of alleged errors for our consideration, but we find one so pervasive that we consider it alone.1 The issue is whether an indigent defendant is entitled to the appointment of a psychiatrist to aid in his defense when there is a genuine issue of his sanity and...

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