Oliver v. United States

BURGER, Circuit Judge.

On June 18, 1962, a grand jury in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia returned an indictment charging that the appellants “carnally knew and abused a female child named Diane Wright, who was then under sixteen years of age, that is to say, about fourteen years of age.”

After mental examinations of three appellants, the final report of which was filed March 1, 1963, the trial began late that month and resulted in a verdict on March 29 finding Oliver, Williams and Crump guilty as charged, and finding Mason guilty of assault with intent to commit…