Williams v. Director

232 Md. 632 (1963)

192 A.2d 785

WILLIAMS

v.

DIRECTOR OF PATUXENT INSTITUTION

[App. No. 4, September Term, 1963 (Adv.).]

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided July 15, 1963.

Before the full Court.

In this application for leave to appeal a finding by the Criminal Court of Baltimore that he was a defective delinquent within the meaning of Code (1957), Art. 31B, Sec. 5, the applicant, Lester E. Williams, alleges that: (1) the defective delinquent statute, Code (1957), Art. 31B, is "arbitrary and oppressive," "an attempt to subvert the United States Constitution" and an ex post facto law, and therefore…