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MARCEY v. HARRIS

Habeas Corpus No. 140-68.

287 F.Supp. 73 (1968)

Paul W. MARCEY, Petitioner, v. David W. HARRIS, Acting Supt., St. Elizabeths Hospital, Respondent.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

June 10, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert J. Ahern, Jr., Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

Thomas Green, Asst. U. S. Atty., for respondent.

OPINION

HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking to set aside and vacate the petitioner's commitment for a mental examination in connection with a criminal charge pending against him, involving murder in the first degree. A writ has been issued and this matter is before the Court on the return to the writ. The salient facts are few and undisputed.

By a recent Act of Congress, (Act of Dec. 27, 1967, Public Law...

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