McCubbin v. Director, Patuxent Institution

The applicant, Collis John McCubbin, seeks leave to appeal from an order of 31 October 1972, recommitting him to Patuxent Institution after a redetermination that he is a defective delinquent under the Defective Delinquent Act, Code (1957), Art. 31B. He argues first that his continued detention is impermissible because he has been held in the Institution for a term longer than he would have served in the custody of the Department of Corrections, had he been credited with good time against his sentence. However, indeterminate sentences beyond the term of the originally imposable sentence for…