United States Seventh Circuit

Conviction for attacking a state court judge is affirmed where the district court provided the jury with a proper instruction on the meaning of wrongfulness for purpose of an insanity defense, and the district court did not err in failing to order a competency hearing during trial or a retrospective competency hearing after trial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/17/2007
• Published 07/17/2007

Judges

• SYKES, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Eugene L. Miller (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Urbana Division, Urbana, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Abner J. Mikva, Lara Flath (argued, under the supervision of H. Melissa Mather), University of Chicago Center for Studies in Criminal Justice, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.