Court Opinion

ID: 9452536
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 17:43:30.021539+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:33:15.281709
License: Public Domain

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC
Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and FAHY, DANAHER, BURGER, WRIGHT, McGOWAN, TAMM, LEVENTHAL and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges, in Chambers.
ORDER
PER CURIAM
On consideration of appellant’s petition for rehearing en banc, it is
Ordered by the court en banc that appellant’s aforesaid petition is denied.
BAZELON, Chief Judge:
This case involves a defendant who apparently has had a very long history of drug addiction. The trial judge, without a hearing, found him competent to stand trial. Saint Elizabeths Hospital’s report, which was the basis of the judge’s finding, did not discuss the relationship between this extended drug addiction and the defendant’s competency. The case presents another facet of the problem we will be facing in Green v. United States (No. 20,288, en banc). I think we should consider the cases together. Therefore, I would either grant this petition for rehearing and consolidate this case with Green v. United States or defer action on this motion until Green is decided.