Legal Opinion
Thomas E. Blunt v. United States of America, Thomas E. Blunt v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 14, 1957No. 13294-13296_1PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Circuit Judge.
In July and August 1952, Thomas Blunt, an 18-year old boy, was indicted for five robberies and a housebreaking and larceny, all committed in four weeks of June 1952. At his July 25th arraignment, the court ordered a psychiatric examination pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4244, 1 The psychiatrists found that Blunt was of unsound mind, suffering from a psychosis. At a hearing in September 1952, he was judicially found incompetent to stand trial and was committed to St. Elizabeths Hospital. He remained there until the hospital superintendent stated, in a letter dated August 13,…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Quercia v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Durham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- Starr v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Billeci v. United States. Lewis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by131 opinions
- United States v. DoughertyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Archibald Lyles v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Vincent E. Jenkins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- Gerald C. Bolton v. David W. Harris, Acting Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- United States v. George Gordon Liddy, A/K/A George F. LeonardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
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