· 1/21/1958
Winfred Overholser, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital v. Dallas O. Williams
Citations
- 252 F.2d 629
- 102 U.S. App. D.C. 248
- 1958 U.S. App. LEXIS 3738
How courts have described this case
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- “The courts have no legal basis for ordering confinement on more apprehension of future unlawful acts. They must wait until another crime is committed or the person is found insane.”
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Judges: Bazelon, Fahy, Per Curiam, Washington
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