Legal Opinion

United States v. Benjamin Franklin Rayborn

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided December 4, 1962No. 14833PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Per curiam

The appellant prosecutes this appeal pro se, having been convicted by a jury of bank robbery in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 2113 and sentenced to eighteen years imprisonment. The appellant in the trial court also represented himself, despite repeated suggestions by the court that he accept the services of counsel. His role in the robbery herein was not questioned in the court below, but under a plea of not guilty the defense of insanity was interposed. In support of this defense appellant urged that due to circumstances surrounding a former incarceration in a Kentucky institution, from…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Chadwick v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1905
  3. Stephan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1943
  4. Banning v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1942
  5. Pierce v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1936

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Paulino Izaguirre Rojas v. Robert Richardson, Kenneth McGee and M and R Cattle Company, a PartnershipCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  2. United States v. Lawrence W. MedlinCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
  3. United States v. J. Lacey BarnesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1963
  4. United States v. John Burton MoodyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
  5. United States v. Frank Millard BensonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968

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