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UNITED STATES v. CHAVIS

No. 72-1532.

486 F.2d 1290 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America v. Walter J. CHAVIS, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 26, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Turtle, Washington, D. C., with whom Richard C. Johnson, Washington, D. C. (both appointed by this Court), was on the brief for appellant.

Richard L. Beizer, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, and Robert J. Higgins, Asst. U. S. Attys., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief for appellee.

Before McGOWAN, TAMM and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

This case comes before us on a supplemental record following our remand in the original appeal.1 The facts and issues are amply stated there and will not be repeated here.

Appellant's sole defense was that he was legally insane at the time of the crimes of which he was found guilty. His sole point on appeal is that he did not receive adequate psychiatric assistance to prepare this defense. We agree, vacate...

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