United States v. David Alan De Arman
United States v. David Alan De Arman
453 F.2d 409
(Federal Reporter, Second Series)
United States v. David Alan De Arman
Opinion
The judgment of conviction in this selective service (mutilating and destroying a draft card) case is affirmed.
An insanity defense was presented. A psychiatrist testified for the defendant and none testified for the government. But here on cross-examination the expert was badly shaken. So we believe that a counter-expert was not required here. Cf. United States v. Ingman, 9 Cir., 426 F.2d 973; and Mims v. United States, 5 Cir., 375 F.2d 135.
Also, to some extent the testimony of the parents, lay persons, buttresses up the government’s position.
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