United States v. Sterling R. Patrick

Appellant was charged with first degree murder and convicted of second degree murder accompanied by a jury recommendation that he receive psychiatric treatment. He was sentenced to a term of five to twenty years and the District Judge “[ojrdered that the Defendant is to go immediately to the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri.” 1 Appellant’s principal contention 2 on appeal is that the District Judge erred in responding affirmatively to a written question from the jury asking whether they could couple a recommendation of psychiatric treatment with a verdict of…