In the Matter of Lomax

386 A.2d 1185 (1978)

In the Matter of Elmos R. LOMAX, Appellee.

No. 10311.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Argued en banc May 9, 1977.

Decided May 9, 1978.

Alexia Morrison, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry and John C. Martin, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington D. C., were on the brief, for appellant [Superintendent, Saint Elizabeths Hospital].

Silas J. Wasserstrom, Public Defender Service, Washington D. C., with whom Frederick H. Weisberg, Mildred M. Matesich, and Alan F. Greenwald, Public Defender Service, Washington D. C., were on…