Boitnott v. Director, Patuxent Institution

This is an application for leave to appeal from an Order of the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Judge Samuel W. H. Meloy, sitting with a jury, dated May 3, 1966, finding that the applicant was still a defective delinquent and recommitting him to Patuxent Institution under the provisions of the Maryland Defective Delinquent Act, Code, Article 31B (1966 Supp.).

Applicant alleges, through court appointed counsel, that the trial judge erred in allowing into evidence at the redetermination hearing the testimony of Dr. Vasconcellos (the institutional psychiatrist) concerning a telephone…