United States v. Walter E. Ashe

This is an appeal of appellant’s conviction under an indictment charging him with carnal knowledge of his ten year old daughter. Appellant’s contentions relate to the sufficiency of the evidence and to the procedures by which the defense of insanity, raised by the court over the personal objection of appellant, was presented to the jury.

Our review of the record reveals that this was indeed a very close case with respect to the sufficiency of the required evidence of corroboration of the elements of the offense.

The Government’s case against appellant rested primarily on the testimony of the…