Roosevelt Rollerson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Chief Judge.
Rollerson appeals from two convictions : one for robbery and one for contempt of court during the robbery trial.
He claims that his insanity defense was not sufficiently rebutted by the psychiatrists’ “conclusory” testimony that he suffered no mental disease. 1 He says the psychiatrists “usurped the function of the jury” by testifying to the “ultimate fact” of insanity rather than- explaining the “basis of their conclusions.”
Although we do not reverse this conviction, we think it necessary to point out that the value of a psychiatrist’s testimony depends largely upon his…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- District of Columbia v. ClawansSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Ernest McDonald v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- United States v. BarnettSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by88 opinions
- United States v. Larry FlyntCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- People v. BassettCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- Charles C. Rouse v. Dale C. Cameron, Superintendent, Saint Elizabeths HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Jerry Neale AlbrightCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. Larry KnohlCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
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