Legal Opinion
Higgins v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 8, 1953No. 13497PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.
John Michael Higgins was indicted on June 7, 1950, for sending postal cards allegedly containing “libelous, scurrilous, and defamatory” language through the United States mails in violation of Title 18 U.S.C.A. § 1718. When Higgins appeared before the court for arraignment and plea, the court of its own motion ordered that he be examined by court-appointed psychiatrists to determine his mental competency “to be [able] to understand the proceedings against him [and] properly to assist in his own defense”. Title 18 U.S.C.A. § 4244. Thereafter, the court ordered a hearing…
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- Estabrook v. KingCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by40 opinions
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