Brown v. United States

WAGNER, Chief Judge.

Having been found not guilty by reason of insanity of various criminal offenses, both appellants, James L. Brown and John R. Marlowe, were committed for hospitalization at St. Elizabeths Hospital pursuant to D.C.Code § 24 — 301(d) (1996). Appellants’ principal argument on appeal is that they were deprived of their liberty without due process when returned for inpatient hospitalization following their court-ordered conditional release without being accorded the notification and hearing procedures established for civil committees in In re Richardson, 481 A.2d 473 (D.C.1984).…