United States v. Washington

This cause reached this Court on the simple issue of whether appellate proceedings should be stayed because of the insanity of the accused or whether we have the authority to adjudicate the certified questions and the merits of the appeal. The Chief Judge concludes the matter should proceed in the ordinary course, while the writer reaches a contrary conclusion. Judge Brosman, sensing disaster ahead if we proceed, elected to divide his attention. He joins the Chief Judge in saying we can continue to the end, but he prefers not to. Accordingly, he joins me in result, but conceptually he is far…