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POWELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 20102.

373 F.2d 225 (1966)

Raleigh R. POWELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 28, 1966.

Petition for Rehearing Denied March 3, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edwin R. Schneider, Jr., Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. Theodore Wieseman, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Donald S. Smith, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Charles A. Mays, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before DANAHER, Circuit Judge, EDWARDS, Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and TAMM, Circuit Judge.

Petition for Rehearing en Banc Denied March 3, 1967.

PER CURIAM:

The appellant was convicted and sentenced for grand larceny after a jury trial. On appeal he claims that the trial judge should have granted a hearing sua sponte at trial on the issue of his mental competence to stand trial. He relies upon Hansford v. United States, 124 U.S.App.D.C. 387, 365 F.2d 920 (1966).

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