United States v. Don Tate

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

This is a direct appeal from a jury verdict finding appellant guilty of unlawfully escaping from federal custody, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 751(a) (1964). The facts of the escape in violation of the statute as charged are not disputed in this appeal.

Appellant’s sole defense was temporary insanity. Appellant claims reversible error in the denial of motions related to that defense. Prior to and at the time of his trial, appellant’s counsel moved the court for permission to have a psychiatric examination with the expenses to be paid by the government under the Criminal…