UNITED STATES v. ECKER

No. 75-1074.

543 F.2d 178 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America v. Lewis C. ECKER, II, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 2, 1976.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1976.

Certiorari Denied January 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Anthony Fitch, Washington, D.C., with whom Frederick H. Weisberg, Washington, D.C. (both appointed by this Court) was on the brief for appellant.

Mary-Elizabeth Medaglia, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Roger M. Adelman, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Senior Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, WRIGHT and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing En Banc Denied July 16, 1976.

Opinion for the Court** filed by Circuit Judge WILKEY.

Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge LUMBARD.

Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge J. SKELLY WRIGHT.

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from an order entered 27 December 1974 by the district court denying a request by the superintendent of Saint Elizabeths Hospital for the conditional release of one...

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