John Joseph Blake v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1969-02-12

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BELL, Circuit Judge: The significant assignments of error presented on this appeal center on the defense of insanity and the legal standards which are applicable thereto in a criminal trial in the federal courts. Because of the importance of the questions in light of developing medico-legal concepts in the field of behavioral science, this court, sua sponte, ordered en banc cons…

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