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U.S. v. PURNETT

No. 590, Docket 88-1213.

910 F.2d 51 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edison PURNETT, a/k/a "Panama", Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 30, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Helen Coady, The Legal Aid Soc., Federal Defender Services Appeals Unit, New York City, for appellant Edison Purnett.

John Gleason, Asst. U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Andrew J. Maloney, U.S. Atty., Matthew E. Fishbein and David C. James, Asst. U.S. Attys., E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn, N.Y., of counsel), for appellee, U.S.

Before TIMBERS, CARDAMONE and PRATT, Circuit Judges.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

On a November day in 1986 five men entered a branch of the Chase Manhattan Bank in Queens, New York and robbed it at gunpoint. Eight months later appellant, Edison Purnett, was arrested and charged with being one of the crew that committed the crime. At several court appearances following his arraignment he exhibited unusual behavior leading the district court to direct psychological testing and evaluation of him. The report found Purnett...

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