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ee . E 3 ' . e é s , + i . ‘ oS of ° 7 + 2, ’. Ay warry Rines Bouleverd . allas, Texas 75235 es _ _ 7 May 15, 1964 “ “<> Ponorable JoeB. Brown whofe . « Judge, Criminal District Court. Tt a ‘ . Nunber Three ° . ’ . Records Annex Building. . . Dallas, Texas - a . .. , ‘pear Judge Browa: ; at your request I have evaluated Jack Ruby in the Dallas “"“gounty Jail on Snureday, April 30; Friday, May 13 and Monday, } ‘.» May iL, 1964. You had indicated that his defense counsel hac yateed queations about. Mr. Ruby's sanity and. you raquected By : oe about Mr. Ruby's current mental state, * : formal sanity hearin3. ' professional opinio he indications for 4 order to evaluace ¢ - as you know, the question of insanity is & Legal matter, om and I essumé that wy task is co provide you with nedical ané . 2 . psychiatric 4aforuation which might prove to be useful to you. . 7 t+" da your decision. i am assuming thet che issues involved here” - gre very sinilar co’ thea problem of pre- ": pence) sompecency- Although the Lave au . this matter are sonevhet vague, I a8 assuming that you ave ine cerescted in atcenpting to anewer these questions: a L. ‘whether or not the defendent i ansane presentiyt eT _whether of not the defendsat understands che erine °°" > gor which he was convicted and che punishaent . on 4 tl’. whieh be ceceivedt. _ , ora 3.- whether oF not. the defendant is competent to “Be co assist properly and recionally his counsel is ae . the preparation and presentation of sppealt “ae : as one example of & pre-trial sanity ruling in Dusky vs. st U.8- 362 US. 788 (1960) the Court stated “that it is not ve enough for the district judge to find ‘the dofendant (is) . oxdented to time and place and (has) some recollection © ° events’ but that the test must be whether he has sufficienc consult with his lLawyses with & reasonable present ability to > degree of rational understanding -- and whether he has & to rational as well os factual understanding of the procedures | against bin.® d various eulings is aa There are tvo basic questions - the meaning of insanity . in the current legal situation, and. what does, assist eounsel : msant negretfolly, there is a common tendency 60 equate psy? ‘chosis with insanity ané with incapacity to cooperate. wich . “ate oe . - a “ . . . e . . PS ” 18 teeee ~