U.S. v. WATTLETON

Nos. 00-13125, 00-14549.

296 F.3d 1184 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David Earl WATTLETON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 9, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Mendelsohn, Fed. Def. Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Susan Coppedge, Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before ANDERSON, HULL and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges.


HULL, Circuit Judge:

The defendant David Earl Wattleton was indicted for making bomb threats, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(e), and the jury rendered an insanity verdict. At a post-verdict hearing pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4243(d), the district court determined that Wattleton was not eligible for release. On appeal, Wattleton contends (1) that the government impermissibly imposed the insanity defense on him at trial, (2) that § 4243(d)'s placing the...

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