Hughes v. United States

PAIR, Associate Judge:

Indicted for sodomy, 1 assault with a dangerous weapon, 2 and mayhem, 3 appellant after trial by jury was, on May 27, 1971, found guilty of the sodomy and assault charges 4 and sentenced on January 26, 1972, to concurrent terms of 10 years’ imprisonment.

On this appeal it is contended that (1) appellant was denied an opportunity to invoke the defense of insanity, 5 (2) the trial court erroneously refused to commit him to St. Elizabeths Hospital as a sexual psychopath, 6 (3) the sentences of imprisonment constituted under the circumstances cruel and unusual punishment…