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U.S. v. SHAWAR

No. 87-2974.

865 F.2d 856 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thamin SHAWAR, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis D. Schmitz, Asst. U.S. Atty., Patricia J. Gorence, U.S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

Clifford R. Steele, Cunningham, Lyons, Steele & Cabaniss, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant-appellee.

Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal concerns the procedure which a district court must follow after a defendant is found to be mentally incompetent to stand trial. Here, after making such a finding, the district court dismissed the charges against the defendant because there was no evidence that his condition would ever improve, and because he did not seem dangerous. Because the court did not comply with the procedures established by 18 U.S.C. §...

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