United States v. Lloyd D. Sloan

JOHN P. MOORE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal following conviction of the crime of kidnapping, 18 U.S.C. § 1201, and a sentence of 75 years. Defendant has presented a number of alleged errors for our consideration, but we find one so pervasive that we consider it alone. 1 The issue is whether an indigent defendant is entitled to the appointment of a psychiatrist to aid in his defense when there is a genuine issue of his sanity and of his mental capacity to form specific intent even though a psychiatrist had previously been appointed to examine the defendant at the request of the government.…