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DARNELL v. CAMERON

No. 19043.

348 F.2d 64 (1965)

Basil DARNELL, Appellant, v. Dale C. CAMERON, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 28, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Lawrence A. Hymo and Akin T. Davis (both appointed by the District Court), Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Gerald E. Gilbert, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Max Frescoln, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and DANAHER and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

Appellant is presently confined in St. Elizabeths Hospital. He appeals the District Court's dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus. At a hearing below, the court found the following facts. In 1959, appellant was charged in the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions with indecent exposure, found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to St. Elizabeths Hospital under the mandatory provisions of D.C.Code § 24-301(d). In...

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