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Race. aerate? Sos gems we toe "" wounsel. In my opinion, not all persons who show evidence . od psychotic chovght processes should be called insane oF incompetent mentally for legal purposes. Just’ as it is possible for a person to be sane legaliy at the time of a a trial, and yet insane at the'tine of & crime, it is also, possible for & person to be sane at. the timo of a trial .. ead to develop such @& disturbed mental state thet he becomes insane subsequent to the trisl. In some situations, tc . _ geeks te me, counsel eould continue to appeal without the - cooperation or participation ef the defendant. To assist counsel the defendant should have reality-orfented accuracy . * an memory, judgment and thinking, if his participation in the appesl is required, : : . Usually, one discusses psychiatric observations from _ she framework of the so-called “ay 'waghten Rulet-dees the defendant have the ability to understand the sature of che event, to know that it was vrong, aad to heave the capacity . to distinguish between right and wrong. - This rule does not secu to be of much value in this post-trial situation — i currently re Mr. Jack Ruby, in ay opinion. . : According to Suith, 25 NOM., 48, 59, 176 ¥ 819, 823, after a sentence of death, the test of insanity suggested ae BB “yhether or not che prisoner has not from the defects of his faculties, sufficient intelligence to understand the | re proceadings against hia, what he was ‘tried for, the purpose - o£ bie, punishuent unjust or unlawful, and the gZutelligence . . wequisite co convey such inforauation to hie actorneys or to the court." peychiatric observations within this legal franework 0am to me to be pertinnt to Mr. Ruby's current status. 1s " g would like to submit the following medical and psy- chiatric observations on Mr. Ruby for your consideration, based. on my examinations, including the one on May 11, 1966. “... Physical health - Mr. Ruby reported that he Uhas lost weight," “has noc been exercising regularly." He appesred pale, weak, Cremulous, extrenely tense, and moder~ ately depressed. However, he seened to be improved slightly - os in this most recent incerviev. . ao ; > 2. ‘Peychiatric status - Io each iaterview Mr. - + Quby was alert, -£rtendly, ‘and cooperative. He tnew che day, i dace, month, aad recognized and greeted this evaluator. He some distrust of his attorneys, both the forner ergxcrn ne . expressed : ” % , ones and she present ones. He claimed that none of then hee ore | . . oe w¥ 4 { r yr et ae tees . . . : : . . v8 »