Legal Opinion
John Hamilton Morris v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 23, 1969No. 22930_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant was convicted of an attempt to rob a federally insured bank and was sentenced to a term of fifteen years under 18 U.S.C. § 4208(a).
No hearing on competency to stand trial under 18 U.S.C. § 4244, was requested by the United States Attorney or defense counsel and the court did not on its own motion order such a hearing.
18 U.S.C. § 4244 reads in part: “Whenever after arrest and prior to the imposition of sentence * * * the United States Attorney has reasonable cause to believe that a person charged with an offense against the United States may be presently insane or otherwise so…
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