Harry James Flynn v. United States

Flynn was indicted for transporting in interstate commerce a car which he knew to be stolen. 1 He was tried without a jury and by the Court found guilty as charged on February 25, 1953. The Court ordered reference.to the Probation Officer and a psychiatrist. Based upon the report of the latter the Trial Court found on March 23, 1953, that ■“defendant was mentally incompetent at time of trial and conviction” and unable to understand the proceedings against him or properly to assist in his own defense, and ordered “that judgment heretofore pronounced is vacated and a new trial is granted.”…