Rowan v. People

Appellant, who is confined in the State prison at Jackson, Michigan, by virtue of an order committing him as a criminal sexual psychopathic person, in accordance with the provisions of Act 165 of the Public Acts of Michigan 1939, Comp.Laws Supp.1940, § 6991-1 et seq., Stat.Ann., Cum. Supp. § 2&.967(1)- et seq., sought to be released from confinement by petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which was denied by the District- Court, and thereafter, his appeal in forma pauperis was duly allowed.

Appellant, in the proceedings under the statute, was not charged with a crime; he was not tried for…