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WATSON v. CAMERON

No. 17097.

312 F.2d 878 (1962)

Joseph WATSON, Appellant, v. Dale C. CAMERON, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 20, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Marvin Joseph Garbis, Washington, D. C. (Mr. John A. Yacovelle, Jr., Washington, D. C., appointed by the District Court), for appellant.

Mr. Barry I. Fredericks, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Daniel J. McTague, Asst. U. S. Attys., on the brief, for appellee. Mr. John E. Hogan, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Mr. Nathan J. Paulson, Asst. U. S. Atty., at the time the record was filed, also entered appearances for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and BURGER and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

BURGER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was indicted for second degree murder October 10, 1960, and shortly thereafter was committed to St. Elizabeths Hospital for psychiatric observation. Found competent to stand trial, he was tried in April, 1961, on a reduced charge of manslaughter. A verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity led to his commitment in St. Elizabeths Hospital under § 24-301, D.C.Code Ann. (1961).

In March, 1962, he sought release by way of...

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