United States v. Dennis Milton Wilson Riggleman

By direction of the court this case was submitted on the record and briefs filed by the parties but without' oral argument. The defendant was charged in a two-count indictment with bank robbery under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113(a) and 2113(f).

The sole question for determination is whether the trial court below erred in permitting Dr. Leonard H. Ainsworth, a clinical psychologist, over objection, to state his opinion on the issue of defendant’s sanity and responsibility for his behavior, according to the American Law Institute test for criminal responsibility at the time of the commission of the alleged…