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429 F.2d 587

Docket No. 24870.

United States v. Marks

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided June 24, 1970.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1970-06-24

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently November 1992

2 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Applies 50 U.S.C. § 3811

Relies on Wade v. United States

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1970-06-24

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¶1*588Paul N. Halvonik, San Francisco, Gal. (argued), Charles C. Marson, of American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, Burton Strout Marks, San Jose, Cal., for appellant.

¶2Paul Fitzgerald (argued), Asst. U. S. Atty., James L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., Michael Metzger, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

¶3Before BROWNING, WRIGHT and TRASK, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM:

¶5In this prosecution for burning a draft card, 50 U.S.C. App. § 462(b) (3), there was expert testimony that the appellant suffered from severe anxieties and could not control his actions. The District Court, following the M’Naghten Rules, instructed the jury to find appellant not guilty by reason of insanity if his will was so “completely destroyed or impaired” that he was incapable of conforming his conduct to the requirements of the law. Under our decision in Wade v. United States, 426 F.2d 64 (9th Cir. 1970) (en banc), the jury should have been instructed to acquit by reason of insanity if they found that appellant lacked “substantial capacity” to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law. Wade controls this case, since the conviction was not final on March 30, 1970.

¶6Reversed.

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