Legal Opinion
United States v. Peter Elliot West
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 29, 1992No. 90-3551PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILL, Senior District Judge.
Peter Elliot West was charged with holding up the First National Bank in Cham-paign and at trial his sole defense was going to be that he was legally insane at the time of the holdup. The video tape from the bank’s surveillance camera made the possibility of any other defense difficult. In addition, the fact that he was arrested on his way home from the bank still holding his mask, his gun and the money made any other defense virtually impossible but left insanity as a plausible possibility.
*1245To assist West in preparing his defense, the district judge appointed a…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bourjaily v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. Karen CameronCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
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