United States v. David Thurston Roberts

The Defendant, David Thurston Roberts, was convicted by a jury of bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113. He urges three grounds for reversal: (i) the evidence was insufficient to sustain the jury’s finding that Roberts was sane at the time of the robbery, (ii) the testimony of a treating psychiatrist, stating that Roberts confessed to him, was inadmissible as privileged communication between physician and patient, and (iii) it was error to admit evidence indicating Roberts’ unwillingness to make a statement to investigating officers without the presence of an attorney. Finding…