United States v. John Edward Smith, Jr.

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

This case presents for the first time in this decade in this circuit the question of what is or ought to be the test of criminal responsibility concerning a defendant’s plea of insanity in a criminal case.

Appellant was charged with robbing the First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Ashland, Kentucky, on October 19, 1965, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (a) and (d) (1964). In subsequent proceedings to determine his competency to stand trial, an order was entered on February 4, 1966, finding him not competent and he was sent to a federal medical center to receive…