Simmons v. Director of Patuxent Institution

The applicant, who had been sentenced to imprisonment for housebreaking, was found by a jury to be a defective delinquent and he now seeks leave to appeal.

The chief contention is that there was insufficient evidence to support the finding. The applicant was represented by coun sel at the hearing. Ele had a rather long record of offenses as a juvenile and as an adult, including car thefts and breaking and entering. Dr. Boslow, the director, and other staff officials of Patuxent reported that he “shows definite indications of emotional imbalance of a type which renders him a danger to society”.…