Naill v. Director of Patuxent Institution

The applicant pleaded guilty to an indictment charging assault. It appears clear that he had engaged in perverted sex practices with a minor child on May 17, 1961. There was a pre-trial medical report. He was sentenced to one year in the Maryland Correctional Institution on June 30, 1961, and thereafter referred to Patuxent for evaluation. Proceedings were subsequently instituted under Code (1957) Article 3IB (the Act) which resulted in a finding that he was a defective delinquent and commitment to Patuxent was ordered. There has been no appeal from those proceedings. This application is from…