United States v. Darrell Eugene Lawson

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Darrell Eugene Lawson appeals from his conviction on one count of extortion that affected interstate commerce 1 and one count of assault of a federal officer with a deadly weapon. 2 He argues that lay testimony on the issue of his sanity was improperly admitted, that hearsay evidence in the testimony of the Government’s psychiatric expert denied him the right to confront adverse witnesses, and that he had the right to a government-appointed psychiatrist. We affirm his conviction.

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In January 1980, the employees of the International Harvester Company were on…