United States v. Archie W. Brawner

LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

The principal issues raised on this appeal from a conviction for second degree murder and carrying a dangerous weapon relate to appellant’s defense of insanity. After the case was argued to a division of the court, the court sua sponte ordered rehearing en banc. We identified our intention to reconsider the appropriate standard for the insanity defense, authorized counsel to file supplemental briefs, invited the Public Defenders’ Service “to submit an additional brief on behalf of the appellant,” and appointed William H. Dempsey, Jr., Esq., as amicus curiae, without…