Fields v. Director, Patuxent Institution

On 9 December 1963 the applicant pleaded guilty to a charge of storehouse breaking with intent to steal goods of the value of less than $100 in the Criminal Court of Baltimore. The court rendered a verdict of guilty and imposed a sentence of imprisonment for a term of not more than 18 months. He was referred to Patuxent Institution on 9 March 1964 and a report filed 7 July 1964 recommended that he be committed as a defective delinquent. He was found to be a defective delinquent by Judge Meyer M. Cardin presiding in the Criminal Court of Baltimore without a jury on 8 March 1965 and committed…