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IN RE PENN

No. 24033.

443 F.2d 663 (1970)

In re Edward L. PENN, Patient, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James E. Duggan, Legal Aid Agency, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Philip L. Cohan, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and John T. Kotelly, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MacKINNON, ROBB and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.

MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:

Following a jury determination that he was mentally ill and likely to injure himself or others, appellant was committed to Saint Elizabeths Hospital under the District of Columbia Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill Act, D.C.Code § 21-545(b) (1967).1 On this appeal, he urges that there was no competent evidence to support the finding that he was "likely to injure himself or others"; that hearsay evidence...

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