Cantwell v. Director of Patuxent Institution

In this application for leave to appeal from a redetermination of defective delinquency by Chief Judge Manley, the only contentions that deserve consideration are (1) that the evidence shows that the applicant is “irresponsible”, and should be committed to an institution for the insane, rather than Patuxent, and (2) that Chief Judge Manley conferred in private with Dr. Boslow during a recess in the hearing. On the first point, it is true that the report of the applicant’s independent psychiatrist, Dr. Lerner, who had found him to be a defective delinquent at the first determination, suggested…