Legal Opinion
Jones v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 29, 1981No. 11918PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Associate Judge:
Appellant Michael A. Jones is a mental patient at St. Elizabeths Hospital where he has been committed since March 1976, pursuant to D.C.Code 1973, § 24-301(d).1 In February 1977, he appealed from an order by Judge Eugene N. Hamilton denying his request for immediate release from St. Eliz-abeths or in the alternative for civil commitment in accordance with the procedures set forth in D.C.Code 1973, § 21-545(b),2 basing his challenge to his continued confinement on the argument that detention beyond the maximum period for which he could have been imprisoned for the…
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3Cited by28 opinions
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