ROUSE v. CAMERON

No. 20962.

387 F.2d 241 (1967)

Charles C. ROUSE, Appellant, v. Dale C. CAMERON, Superintendent, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 1, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles R. Halpern, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Edward E. O'Neill, Washington, D. C. (both appointed by this court), was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Thomas Lumbard, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee. Messrs. Oscar Altshuler, John A. Terry and Scott R. Schoenfeld, Asst. U. S. Attys., also entered appearances for appellee.

Mr. Thomas P. Alder, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for American Orthopsychiatric Ass'n as amicus curiæ.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, DANAHER, BURGER, WRIGHT, McGOWAN, TAMM, LEVENTHAL and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges, sitting en banc.


BAZELON, Chief Judge:

Appellant was tried in 1962 in the Court of General Sessions (then the Municipal Court for the District of Columbia) before a judge sitting without a jury on the misdemeanor charge of carrying a weapon without a license.1 He was acquitted by reason of insanity and was thereupon committed without a hearing of any kind to Saint Elizabeths Hospital pursuant to D.C.Code § 24-301(d).2...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases