Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Morton Mayer SOBEL, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1971-07-15
Citations: 443 F.2d 1370
Docket Number: No. 71-1124
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Morton Mayer SOBEL, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 443
Pages: 1370–1370

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Morton Mayer SOBEL, Appellant.
No. 71-1124.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
July 15, 1971.
Richard G. Sherman (argued), Beverly Hills, Cal., for appellant.
Tom G. Kontos, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), David R. Nissen, Chief, Crimi-
nal Division, Robert L. Meyer, U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.
Before CHAMBERS, HAMLEY and CHOY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The judgment of conviction is reversed.
We find the government, once sanity was an issue, did not sustain its burden of proof.