Legal Opinion
Maurice I. Millard v. David W. Harris, Acting Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 12, 1968No. 21492_1PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAZELON, Chief Judge:
The appellant challenges his continued commitment to Saint Elizabeths Hospital under the Sexual Psychopath Act.1 He has been a patient there since October 17, 1962. Slightly more than a month before that date, he was charged in the old Municipal Court — now the Court of General Sessions — with indecent exposure, the maximum punishment for which was imprisonment for 90 days or a $300 fine, or both.2 The Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, however, filed a statement with the court before trial stating that in addition to the allegations giving rise to the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Specht v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Baxstrom v. HeroldSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Aptheker v. Secretary of StateSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Silver v. New York Stock ExchangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Durham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by53 opinions
- Humphrey v. CadySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. Archie W. BrawnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Lynch v. BaxleyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1974
- State v. KrolSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1975
- James Covington v. David W. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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