Legal Opinion
William R. Leach v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 19, 1964No. 18198PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Chief Judge.
When William Leach appeared for sentencing after his conviction for robbery, he asked the judge to refer him for a mental examination. The prisoner said he had twice been under psychiatric care. His lawyer told the court that in the last 31 years, Leach’s entire adult life, he had been out of prison only 63 days. The pre-sentence report characterized Leach as “the classical picture of the psychopathic offender.” Yet the judge ignored his request for an examination. Alleging this and other errors, Leach appealed. This court held the other errors harmless and affirmed the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Lynch v. OverholserSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. BehrensSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. Leroy WileyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by42 opinions
- United States v. Roy B. Kelly, Cecil v. Hagen and Milton J. ShuckCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- Vincent E. Scott v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Jose Verdugo and Horace Eugene Turner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. Gary MalcolmCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Robert Michael Woosley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
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