Smith v. Director, Patuxent Institution

On 22 March 1971 at a bench trial in the Circuit Court for Frederick County Ronnie Smith was convicted of robbery and sentenced to 6 years. * . 1 The judgment was affirmed on appeal. Smith, et al. v. State, No. 242, September Term, 1971, filed 22 November 1971, unreported, cert. denied, 264 Md. 751.

On 23 March 1971 the trial court ordered the Commissioner of Correction to deliver Ronnie into the custody of the Director of Patuxent Institution for examination and evaluation as a possible defective delinquent. Code, Art. 31B, § 6 (b). Ronnie arrived at Patuxent on 25 May 1971. He refused to…