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THOMAS v. UNITED STATES

No. 13763.

418 A.2d 122 (1980)

Gerald THOMAS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 14, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Waitzkin, Washington, D. C., with whom Silas J. Wasserstrom, Washington, D. C., was on the briefs, for appellant.

Ann P. Gailis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, Washington, D. C., John A. Terry, Oscar Altshuler, Robert St. John Roper and John W. Polk, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GALLAGHER, NEBEKER and MACK, Associate Judges.

GALLAGHER, Associate Judge:

This appeal raises questions concerning the procedure to be followed once a person charged with a crime is committed to a mental hospital due to incompetency to stand trial and is found unlikely to regain his competency in the reasonably foreseeable future. Appellant was committed upon being found incompetent to stand trial for threatening another person, D.C.Code 1973, § 22-2307, and after...

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