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In RE HURT

No. 80-177.

437 A.2d 590 (1981)

In re Tyrone HURT, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 2, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Anthony Fitch, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., with whom Silas J. Wasserstrom, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant. Mady Gilson and Randy I. Bellows, Public Defender Service, Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for appellant.

Ann O'Regan Keary, Staff Atty., Office of Legal Advisor, Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D. C., with whom Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and William J. Birney, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before KELLY, NEBEKER and MACK, Associate Judges.

KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellant, a convicted felon, serving a sentence of twenty years to life, was sent to St. Elizabeths Hospital to receive care and treatment for mental illness. In this appeal, he challenges a decision to transfer him back to the Lorton Correctional Complex. We hold appellant's rights were not violated by his retransfer, and the procedure by which such action was taken fully satisfied the requirements of the applicable statute and the Constitution...

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