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DE MARCOS v. OVERHOLSER

No. 8441.

137 F.2d 698 (1943)

DE MARCOS v. OVERHOLSER.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided August 9, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Llewellyn C. Thomas, of Washington, D. C., (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. Charles B. Murray, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Edward M. Curran, United States Attorney, and John P. Burke, Assistant United States Attorney, both of Washington, D. C., appeared on the brief, for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and EDGERTON and ARNOLD, Associate Justices.

ARNOLD, Associate Justice.

Appellant, who is confined in St. Elizabeths Hospital on the ground that he is of unsound mind and that his release would be dangerous, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The court dismissed the petition and discharged the writ. The sole ground of error presented by counsel, appointed to represent the indigent petitioner in this court, is that the court failed to submit the issue of appellant's sanity to the Commission on Mental...

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