United States v. Herman Klein

KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge.

Herman Klein appeals from a judgment and order of commitment, entered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 4246. In April of 1962, Klein was indicted for income tax evasion. After four separate hearings and extensive examinations by three different psychiatrists, he was found mentally incompetent to stand trial under 18 U.S.C. § 4244. Although the psychiatrist who had treated him for more than thirty years insisted that institutionalization would prove “catastrophic,” Klein was committed to the custody of the Attorney General until “he shall be mentally competent to stand trial, or…