Oliver H. Fooks, Jr. v. United States

In these cases, after intermediate proceedings not necessary to be detailed here, the appellant was granted hearings before the three District Court Judges who had presided at three separate trials in which appellant had been convicted of (1) assault with a dangerous weapon; (2) assault with intent to commit rape; and (3) another assault with intent to commit rape. The hearings so conducted were under 18 U.S.C. § 4245, to determine appellant’s competency at the time of his several trials.1

After extensive testimony was taken, covering in all some eight trial days, in separate findings each of…