Legal Opinion
United States v. Herbert Lee Pitts
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 18, 1970No. 28729PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
Defendant was convicted on a charge of bank robbery which occurred in December, 1968 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Before the Court, sitting without a jury, he made no effort to deny the commission of the alleged act. Rather the whole defense was premised on his mental incompetence when the crime occurred, an issue which Defendant raised with his plea of not guilty. At the close of all the evidence, the Trial Court concluded that the Government had met its burden of proving sanity beyond a reasonable doubt, a burden which arises after Defendant presents evidence of the…
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