BAUGHMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 71-1005.

450 F.2d 1217 (1971)

Thomas Charles BAUGHMAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

November 19, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard P. Becker, Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

Harold J. Pickerstein, Atty., Crim. Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Robert G. Renner, U. S. Atty., D. Minnesota, Will Wilson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before MATTHES, Chief Judge, and BRIGHT and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.


MATTHES, Chief Judge.

This proceeding under Title 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is focused upon the duration of governmental custody of persons convicted of criminal offenses who are committed as addicts pursuant to Title II of the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act (NARA), 18 U.S.C. § 4251 et seq.

Title 18 U.S.C. § 4253(a) provides in pertinent part:

"* * * Such commitment shall be for an indeterminate period of time not to exceed ten years, but...

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