Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oscar ROCA-ALVAREZ and Rene Valdez, Defendants-Appellants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1973-02-14
Citations: 474 F.2d 1274
Docket Number: No. 30554
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oscar ROCA-ALVAREZ and Rene Valdez, Defendants-Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 474
Pages: 1274–1274

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oscar ROCA-ALVAREZ and Rene Valdez, Defendants-Appellants.
No. 30554.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Feb. 14, 1973.
Shaya Estrumsa, Miami, Fla. (Court Appointed), for Oscar Roca-Alvarez.
Gino P. Negretti, Miami, Fla., for Rene Valdez.
Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., Neal R. Sonnett, Harold F. Keefe, Asst. U. S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for the United States.
Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
PER CURIAM:
It is ordered that the motion for rehearing filed on behalf of Appellant, Oscar Roca-Alvarez, in the above cause is hereby granted.
"In view of the doubts and ambiguities regarding the legal significance of the psychiatric testimony in this case and the resulting difficulties of retrospectively determining the petitioner's competency" as of more than two years after trial, we reverse the judgment of conviction, "and remand the case to the District Court for a new hearing to ascertain petitioner's present competency to stand trial, and for a new trial if petitioner is found competent." Dusky v. United States, 1960, 362 U.S. 402, 80 S.Ct. 788, 4 L.Ed.2d 824.