Long v. Director, Patuxent Institution

Harry Léster Long applies for leave to appeal from, an order of 16 October 1969 of Chief Judge James Macgill, presiding in the Circuit Court for Howard County, committing him to Patuxent Institution upon verdict of a jury that he was a defective delinquent. As reasons why the order should be reversed or modified he alleges that the trial court erred:

I with regard to the number of peremptory challenges allowed him;

II in finding the medical witnesses of the State to be qualified;

III in denying a motion for a directed verdict at the close of evidence offered by the State.

I

When the case was…