Legal Opinion
Thomas B. Cross v. David W. Harris
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 16, 1969No. 22420_1PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Chief Judge:
This is an appeal from the dismissal of appellant’s habeas corpus petition attacking his confinement in Saint Elizabeths Hospital under the Sexual Psychopath Act, adopted in 1948. 22 D.C.Code §§ 3503-11 (1967).
Appellant was first committed to Saint Elizabeths in 1952, when he was 18 years old, on account of his tendency to indecently expose himself in public. Indecent exposure is ordinarily punishable by a jail sentence of not more than 90 days.1 22 D.C.Code § 1112(a) (1967). Appellant was confined in Saint Elizabeths for 15 years. Upon his release in 1967, he married a…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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- Cohens v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
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3Cited by69 opinions
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- State v. KrolSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1975
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