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John Joseph Blake v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 12, 1969No. 23945PublishedCited by 176 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BELL, Circuit Judge:

The significant assignments of error presented on this appeal center on the defense of insanity and the legal standards which are applicable thereto in a criminal trial in the federal courts. Because of the importance of the questions in light of developing medico-legal concepts in the field of behavioral science, this court, sua sponte, ordered en banc consideration of the case. We reverse for retrial on a definition of insanity more nearly attuned to present day concepts of psychiatry.

Blake was charged with bank robbery, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113. He was arrested on the day…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. La Buy v. Howes Leather Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895

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3Cited by176 opinions

  1. United States v. Archie W. BrawnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
  2. Gordon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  3. Graham v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
  4. State v. HinckleySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
  5. People v. DrewCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978

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