William H. Leach v. United States

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted of robbery.1 On appeal he alleges that the trial court committed reversible error in (1) failing to order, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3500(b), the production of a statement taken from a witness by the police, and (2) failing to stay the imposition of sentence pending a psychiatric examination.

18 U.S.C. § 3500(b) provides that: “After a witness called by the United States has testified on direct examination, the court shall, on motion 'of the defendant, order the United States to produce any statement (as hereinafter defined) of the witness…