Legal Opinion
Legrand v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided February 23, 1990No. 87-924, 87-1440PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
The troubling question presented by this case is whether Appellant George C. Le- grand was sufficiently apprised of the consequences of his 1976 plea of not guilty by reason of insanity (NGI) where, as a result of that plea and the subsequent adjudication based on it, he has been deprived of his liberty for a period substantially in excess of the maximum term of incarceration for the underlying offense. The case is further complicated by the unavailability of a transcript of the original proceeding and the obvious difficulties in reconstructing what occurred on the…
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