Legal Opinion
In Re John David Newchurch
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 18, 1986No. 86-3633PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
The issue is whether a defendant in a criminal case who, pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 12.2(a), notifies the government that he plans to plead that, although now mentally competent, he was insane at the time of the charged offense, may be committed to a federal penal institution for a mental examination without a finding that such commitment is necessary in order to enable the government properly to prepare for trial.
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John David Newchurch was indicted for conspiring to attempt to commit arson of three abortion clinics in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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