Howard Smoller

"... Wilfredo Rivera's mental condition thc night a Newburgh patrolman was murdered was thc subject of testimony ln Orange County Court Friday. Bark on thc stand was a psychiatrist, Dr. Howard Smoller who sald Rivera lacked thc capacity to understand hls conduct was wrong. Rivera ls accused of the fatal shooting of Patrolman Willlam M. Robinson on Nov. 18, 1973 in Newburgh. ..."

"... for the prosecution changed hls course and appeared for the defense Thursday, saving Wilfredo Rivera has a scar on hls brain and loses contact with the conscious world. Dr. Howard Smoller had been planning to be a witness for the prosecution up to Tuesday, but ln a surprise move he sald Rivera, accused of murder, was a "very severely disturbed" person ..."

"... testily for the prosecution changed hls course and appeared for lhe defense Thursday, saving Wilfredo Rivera hasa gar on hls brain and loses contact with the conscious world. Dr. Howard Smoller had been planning to be a witness for the prosecution up to Tuesday, but ln a surprise move he sald Rivera, accused of murder, was a "very severely disturbed" person. ..."

"... of Rivera OK'd GOSHEN One of the court- appointed psychiatrists has testified that Wilfredo Rivera, accused of murdering a Newburgh patrolman, is competent lo sland trial. Fishkin psychiatrist Dr Howard Smoller, told Orange County Court Judge Abraham S. Isseks Friday that he examined Rivera, 23, of 80 Ave., on four times while Rivera was at the Mid- Hudson Psychiatric Center Rivera ..."