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OVERHOLSER v. WILLIAMS

No. 14297.

252 F.2d 629 (1958)

Winfred OVERHOLSER, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital, Appellant, v. Dallas O. WILLIAMS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 21, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Lewis Carroll, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Mr. Edward P. Troxell, Principal Asst. U. S. Atty., was on the brief, for appellant.

Messrs. Nestor S. Foley and George Rublee, II, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, FAHY and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order by District Judge Keech releasing appellee Williams from the custody of the Superintendent of St. Elizabeths Hospital, on habeas corpus. The facts and circumstances are set forth in Judge Keech's memorandum opinion filed January 15, 1958, D. C., 157 F.Supp. 871.

In reversing Williams' conviction of assault with a deadly weapon and directing dismissal of the indictment, we indicated...

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