Legal Opinion
United States v. Shorter
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 29, 1975No. 9076PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLY, Associate Judge:
The government appeals from an order of the trial court refusing to commit appellee to a mental hospital after his acquittal by reason of a mental defect and releasing him from the jurisdiction of the court. The government claims this action was directly contrary to D.C.Code 1973, §24-301 (d)(1) 1 because that statute makes commitment of the insanity-acquitted 2 mandatory, and thus in excess of the trial court’s authority.
Appellee, twenty years old at the time, was convicted in the first phase of a bifurcated trial of taking indecent liberties with a minor child…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Durham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- United States v. Archie W. BrawnerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Ernest McDonald v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- Dale C. Cameron, Superintendent, Saint Elizabeths Hospital v. Carolyn Mullen, A/K/A Rita RaymondCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Holiday v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- United States v. Daniel JacksonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- In re C. W. M.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- United States v. TylerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- District of Columbia v. FitzgeraldDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2008
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