Legal Opinion
Paul Milo Van De Bogart, Jr. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 28, 1962No. 19446PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
This case presents again the difficult problem of determining the question of mental competency to stand trial for a criminal charge. Difficult it is, at least in the sense that since this reflects our basic notion that those incapable of understanding the nature of the proceedings taking place ought not to be tried, every case must be measured in like terms of fundamental satisfaction of that ideal. That invariably complicates the matter. For it may seldom any longer be true that the answer may be found in the simple terms of compliance or non-compliance with a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Raymond G. Alexander v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Jonathan Gregori v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Huey R. Lee, Jr. v. Martin J. Wiman, Warden, Etc., and A. Frank Lee, as Commissioner of the Board of Corrections of the State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Jack Kenneth Brown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- James Edward Corbett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Robert v. Bruce v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Bobby Gene Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Fanklin Delano Floyd v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- United States v. Kenneth Eugene McEachernCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Arthur J. Nathaniel v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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