Mills v. Director of Patuxent Institution

In this application for leave to appeal from a finding of defective delinquency, the petitioner raises eleven contentions, all of a general nature, which may be summarized as follows:

1. Denial of due process and equal protection of the laws;

2. Double Jeopardy;

3. The statute operates as an ex post facto law;

4. The statute imposes cruel and unusual punishment because (a) the penalty is unlimited and (b) it authorizes psychiatric experimentation on human guinea pigs;

5. The statute violates the rule against self-incrimination by authorizing (a) the use of psychiatric records and interviews and…