Rice v. Director of Patuxent Institution

This nineteen year old applicant, who had been previously convicted of housebreaking, was subsequently found to be a defective delinquent by a jury, and now seeks leave to appeal.

In a petition filed in proper person, the applicant, claiming that he is not a defective delinquent within the meaning of the statute and that his detention as such is a denial of equal protection and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, contends that he is mentally retarded and should be confined in Rosewood State Hospital rather than at the Patuxent Institution. He also claims that the presiding judge at the…