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LEWIS v. OVERHOLSER

No. 15341.

274 F.2d 592 (1960)

Julian H. LEWIS, Appellant v. Winfred OVERHOLSER, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 7, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Richard Arens, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court) for appellant.

Mr. John D. Lane, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, BAZELON and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

In October, 1954, Julian H. Lewis was before the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia charged with two offenses of assault. Prima facie evidence that he was of unsound mind having been submitted before trial, the court caused a jury to inquire into his sanity.1 Pursuant to its verdict that Lewis was insane, the court so adjudged, and he was sent to St....

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