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DOBBS v. NEVERSON

Nos. 10984, 10985.

393 A.2d 147 (1978)

William DOBBS and Roger Peele, Appellants, v. Clarence S. NEVERSON, Appellee. Delbert C. JACKSON, Appellant, v. Clarence S. NEVERSON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 10, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Fabrikant, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty. and John A. Terry, Albert H. Turkus, and Oscar Altshuler, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellants in No. 10984.

S. Perry Jones, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom John R. Risher, Jr., Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., when the case was briefed and argued, Louis P. Robbins, Principal Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Richard W. Barton, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellant in No. 10985.

Alan F. Greenwald, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before GALLAGHER, YEAGLEY and HARRIS, Associate Judges.

HARRIS, Associate Judge.

The trial court granted appellee's petition for a writ of habeas corpus which sought his release from St. Elizabeths Hospital; the government appeals.1 We reverse.

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On March 16, 1973, appellee was convicted in the Superior Court of taking indecent liberties with a minor. D.C. Code 1973, § 22-2801. He was sentenced to 18 to 54 months' imprisonment. On March 19, 1973, he was sent to the Lorton...

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