Sansbury v. Director of Patuxent Institution

After a hearing before a jury in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County the applicant was found to be a defective delinquent, and was committed by the Court to the Patuxent Institution. He was represented at the trial and on this application for leave to appeal by court appointed counsel. A transcript of the testimony at the hearing has been furnished (at public expense) and has been filed with the application as part of the record herein.

The State’s case was presented through Dr. Richard H. Kastner, a psychiatrist and the Director of Research at the Patuxent Institution, as its only…