United States v. Doran

OPINION

FRANKEL, District Judge.

Defendant Thomas W. Doran is charged in a 1964 indictment with conspiring to defraud the Government and with making a false claim for payment in connection with certain contracts for mail carriage over ten years ago. The question before the court is whether this 57-year old defendant’s medical problems render him unfit to stand trial.

The evidence bearing on this subject comes from physicians employed or retained by the Veterans Administration. While the court, at the Government’s instance, has held an evidentiary hearing, the facts, and, indeed, the medical…