Legal Opinion
Herbert T. O'Beirne v. Winfred Overholser, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 23, 1960No. 15634PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This is a habeas corpus case. Appellant seeks release from custody at St. Elizabeths Hospital, to which he was committed by the Municipal Court of the District of Columbia, after having been charged with petit larceny and found not guilty by reason of insanity. Appellant’s primary contention here is that Section 24-301 of the D.C.Code *134(Supp. VIII, 1960), under which he was committed, is unconstitutional. That contention must fail. See Ragsdale v. Overholser, 1960, 108 U.S.App.D.C. 308, 281 F.2d 943.
Appellant’s petition for the writ also alleged that he had no…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Donald Ragsdale v. Winfred Overholser, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
- Winfred Overholser, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital v. John D. LeachCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- Barry v. HallCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Winfred Overholser, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital v. Dallas O. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1958
- James E. Clatterbuck v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Dale C. Cameron, Superintendent, Saint Elizabeths Hospital v. Carolyn Mullen, A/K/A Rita RaymondCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Winfred Overholser v. Herbert T. O'BeirneCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- United States v. Walter Scot BoigegrainCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Winfred Overholser, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital v. Frederick C. LynchCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
- Dennis Buthy v. The Commissioner of the Office of Mental Health of New York State, the Director of the Gowanda Psychiatric CenterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
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