Young v. State

Unlike the usual situation, in which a determination of *490defective delinquency is stridently protested and vehemently fought, we have here a felon, convicted and incarcerated, who believes he is a defective delinquent and is aggrieved because an examination and evaluation he seeks to establish it have not been afforded him.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

On 9 May 1967 at a bench trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County,1 William Edward Young was convicted of murder in the first degree and assault with intent to rape. On 12 May 1967, a life sentence was imposed on the murder conviction and a…