Cooper v. Director of Patuxent Institution

In this application for leave to appeal from a recommitment order passed by the trial court upon a jury finding of defective delinquency on his petition for a review, the applicant alleges: (1) that the only evidence (other than the psychiatric reports) showing that he was still a defective delinquent was that of the director of Patuxent; (2) that the evidence as a whole was legally insufficient to support the finding of defective delinquency; (3) that the verdict of the jury was erroneous in that it was against the evidence; and (4) that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence.

Ther…