Charles C. Rouse v. Dale C. Cameron, Superintendent, Saint Elizabeths Hospital

Since the majority opinion on its face may seem plausible, members of the court who have not seen the record may wonder why I do not join my sitting colleagues. The immediate comment is'that they are deciding a case which is not before us.

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In the first place, this appellant, as I shall develop, was contending on his pleadings and at trial that he was not insane and that he needed no treatment. His own expert, Dr. Marland, testified that Rouse was not mentally ill and that he should have been sent to jail in the first place. Appellant’s knowledgeable trial counsel, no longer in the case,…