United States v. Alben Wm. Barkley Truitt

The defendant, Alben William Barkley Truitt, was charged with violations of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1201, kidnapping, and 49 U.S.C.A. § 1472(i), aircraft piracy, after he allegedly forced the pilot of . a chartered aircraft to fly him to Cuba. The government learned that Truitt’s defense to these charges would be insanity and that he had hired a psychiatrist to conduct a mental examination for purposes of proving this defense. The government as a result requested that the court appoint a psychiatrist pursuant to 18 U.S.C.A. § 4244. The court granted the government’s motion and appointed the defendant’s…