Shields v. Director of Patuxent Institution

Applicant had previously been convicted in the Criminal Court of Baltimore of burglary and on November 4, 1960, was sen tenced to a two year suspended sentence. Subsequently, on May 12, 1961, the applicant was found guilty of sodomy and on June 5, 1961, was sentenced to not more than two years in the Maryland State Reformatory for Males. On February 4, 1963, he was found to be a defective delinquent by Judge Byrnes and was committed to Patuxent Institution. He petitioned for re-determination and on October 25, 1965, a hearing was held before Judge Cardin, sitting without a jury, who found…