Donald Ragsdale v. Winfred Overholser, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital

U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit · Decided 1960-09-19

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BURGER, Circuit Judge. Appeal at Government expense with court appointed counsel was allowed by order of the District Court to review that court’s action dismissing appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner has been confined in St. Eliza-beths Hospital under D.C.Code 1951 § 24-301 (Supp. VIII 1960). On September 17, 1957, appellant, charge…

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