Buckingham v. Director of Patuxent Institution

Applicant had previously been convicted in the Criminal Court of Baltimore of burglary and on July 13, 1961, was sentenced to not more than four years in the Maryland State Reformatory for Males. Subsequently, on March 18, 1963, the applicant was found to be a defective delinquent by Judge Byrnes. Later, the applicant petitioned for re-determination and on November 8, 1965, a hearing was held before Judge Cardin, sitting without a jury, who found the applicant was still a defective delinquent and recommitted him to Patuxent Institution. An application for leave to appeal and a memorandum in…