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ROSENFIELD v. OVERHOLSER

No. 14340.

262 F.2d 34 (1958)

Milton T. ROSENFIELD, Appellant, v. Winfred T. OVERHOLSER, Superintendent St. Elizabeths Hospital, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James J. Laughlin, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Walter J. Bonner, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., Carl W. Belcher and Oscar Altshuler, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, WASHINGTON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is a case of the same type as Overholser v. Leach, 1958, 103 U.S.App. D.C. 289, 257 F.2d 667, namely, an effort by a person who has been accused of crime and found not guilty by reason of insanity to obtain his release on habeas corpus from a mental institution. The District Court denied relief. 1957, 157 F.Supp. 18.

On examination of the District Court's opinion it will...

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