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MILLER v. OVERHOLSER

No. 11339.

206 F.2d 415 (1953)

MILLER v. OVERHOLSER.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 5, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles Effinger Smoot, Washington, D. C., (appointed by the District Court) for appellant.

Mr. William J. Peck, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Charles M. Irelan, U. S. Atty., and Messrs. Joseph M. Howard, Robert M. Scott and Emory W. Reisinger, II, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, PRETTYMAN and FAHY, Circuit Judges.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia discharging a writ of habeas corpus. The case involves the validity and meaning of the so-called Sexual Psychopath Act, approved June 9, 1948.1 It is a case of first impression in this court.

The statute is too long to quote in full text. An outline of it, however, is necessary to consideration of our...

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