U.S. v. CRUTCHFIELD

No. 89-3032.

893 F.2d 376 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John T. CRUTCHFIELD, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 26, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Lumbard (appointed by this Court), for appellant.

Patricia Stewart, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John R. Fisher and Colleen M. Kennedy, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief for appellee.

Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Acting Corporate Counsel, Charles Reischel, Deputy Corporate Counsel, Janet L. Maher, Assistant Corporate Counsel for District of Columbia Office of Corporate Counsel, were on the brief for amicus curiae.

Before WALD, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS and D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD.

WALD, Chief Judge:

Appellant, John T. Crutchfield, Jr., was committed to Saint Elizabeths Hospital on October 6, 1981, pursuant to D.C.Code § 24-301, after being found not guilty by reason of insanity of robbing a federally-insured bank. Here, Crutchfield petitions for review of an order of the district court denying his application for release from Saint Elizabeths. We affirm the district court's order...

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