Legal Opinion
Winfred Overholser, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital v. John D. Leach
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 12, 1958No. 19-1166PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This case deals with the standards to be applied when a person — in this case the appellee Leach — has been accused of crime, has been found not guilty by reason of insanity, and subsequently seeks release from the mental institution to which he was committed after his criminal trial. The issue was raised here in a habeas corpus proceeding brought by Leach against Dr. Overholser, the Superintendent of St. Elizabeths Hospital, where Leach is presently confined pursuant to the Act of August 7, 1955, discussed below. The District Court after a lengthy hearing, ordered…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Archibald Lyles v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Dallas O. Williams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Monte W. Durham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Winfred Overholser, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital v. Dallas O. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
3Cited by67 opinions
- Lynch v. OverholserSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Gerald C. Bolton v. David W. Harris, Acting Superintendent of Saint Elizabeths HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- Bethea v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- Donald Ragsdale v. Winfred Overholser, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
- United States v. Lewis C. Ecker, IICourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
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