United States v. David Earl Wattleton

HULL, Circuit Judge:

The defendant David Earl Wattleton was indicted for making bomb threats, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 844(e), and the jury rendered an insanity verdict. At a post-verdict hearing pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4243(d), the district court determined that Wattleton was not eligible for release. On appeal, Wattleton contends (1) that the government impermissibly imposed the insanity defense on him at trial, (2) that § 4243(d)’s placing the burden of proof on the insanity acquittee at the post-verdict hearing violates his due process rights, and (3) that the court erred in denying…