Patuxent Institution Board of Review v. Hancock

ROBERT M. BELL, Judge.

We granted certiorari to review the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals, which ordered Clarence Hancock, the respondent, immediately released from prison.

*562In 1976, the respondent was convicted of murder, attempted murder, and assault and battery. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, plus thirty-five years. In April 1977, the respondent was accepted at Patuxent Institution,1 as a “defective delinquent.”2 When the defective delinquent statute was repealed, effective July 1, 1977, see Acts 1977, Ch. 678, the respondent was retained at Patuxent as an “eligible person,”…