George Taylor v. United States

EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was indicted in December 1952 for robbery, housebreaking and grand larceny alleged to have been committed on October 25 and 27, 1952. Before trial, in proceedings under 18 U.S. C.A. § 4244, he was found in March 1953 to be “presently insane and so mentally incompetent as to be unable to understand the proceedings against him, or properly to assist in his own defense”. He was committed to St. Elizabeths Hospital “until he is mentally competent to stand trial * * * ”1 In October 1953 the Superintendent of the Hospital certified that the appellant was…