Basil Darnell v. Dale C. Cameron, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

Appellant is presently confined in St. Elizabeths Hospital. He appeals the District Court’s dismissal of his petition for habeas corpus. At a hearing below, the court found the following facts. In 1959, appellant was charged in the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions with indecent exposure, found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to St. Elizabeths Hospital under the mandatory provisions of D.C.Code § 24-301 (d). In 1961, the Court of General Sessions approved appellant’s conditional release, at the hospital’s recommendation, permitting appellant to…