Muhly v. Director of Patuxent Institution

This is an application for leave to appeal from an order of the lower court dated October 22, 1965, recommitting William M. Muhly, Jr., to Patuxent Institution after a determination by the court, sitting without a jury, that he was still a defective delinquent within the meaning of § 5 of Art. 31B of the Code (1965 Cum. Sup.).

The applicant had previously been convicted of burglary and sentenced on August 4, 1961, to a term of not more than three years in the Reformatory for Males. Subsequently, on July 19, 1963, the applicant was found to be a defective delinquent and was committed to…