LEGRAND v. U.S.

Nos. 87-924, 87-1440.

570 A.2d 786 (1990)

George C. LEGRAND, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Fisk Johnson, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Roberto Iraola, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and Helen M. Bollwerk, and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and BELSON and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.


SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

The troubling question presented by this case is whether Appellant George C. Legrand was sufficiently apprised of the consequences of his 1976 plea of not guilty by reason of insanity (NGI) where, as a result of that plea and the subsequent adjudication based on it, he has been deprived of his liberty for a period substantially in excess of the maximum term of incarceration for the underlying offense...

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