Legal Opinion
Catherine Hopkins v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 19, 1960No. 14939PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was convicted of attempting an abortion, which resulted in death, on or about March 3, 1956. She waived trial by jury and was tried by a judge.
*156She was indicted June 4, 1956, and pleaded not guilty June 8, 1956. But she was not tried until 29 months later, in November 1958. She spent two months of the intervening time in the District of Columbia General Hospital, and more than two years in the government mental hospital of St. Elizabeths.
At appellant’s trial, Dr. Schultz, Chief Psychiatrist at the District of Columbia General Hospital, testified that she was…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Yates v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Durham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- Russell E. Carter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Charles W. Douglas v. United States of America, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Clarence L. Wright v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Ernest McDonald v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- Comer Blocker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
- Milton R. Dusky v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
- Schuyler Colfax Brock, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Robert Westerhausen, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1960
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