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JONES v. UNITED STATES

No. 11918.

411 A.2d 624 (1980)

Michael A. JONES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 4, 1980.

Opinion Vacated on Grant of Rehearing En Banc April 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Silas J. Wasserstrom, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., appointed by the court, for appellant.

Cheryl M. Long, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed, John A. Terry, Oscar Altshuler, and Richard W. Goldman, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, MACK, and FERREN, Associate Judges.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

Michael A. Jones was found not guilty of petit larceny by reason of insanity. Thereafter, the court held a "release hearing" pursuant to D.C.Code 1973, § 24-301(d), and committed Jones indefinitely to St. Elizabeths Hospital. In our first opinion, reported at D.C.App., 396 A.2d 183 (1978), we rejected Jones' contention that he is entitled, as a matter of equal protection, to release from St. Elizabeths...

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