Supreme Court of Maryland, 1958

Ramberg v. Superintendent of Spring Grove State Hospital

Ramberg v. Superintendent of Spring Grove State Hospital
Supreme Court of Maryland · Decided May 27, 1958 · Henderson
217 Md. 652

Ramberg v. Superintendent of Spring Grove State Hospital

Opinion of the Court

Henderson, J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this application for leave to appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus, it appears that petitioner was convicted and sentenced on a charge of drunken driving, and efforts to obtain a release were denied. Ramberg v. Warden, 209 Md. 631. He was transferred to Spring Grove State-Hospital and his sentence expired on October 29, 1957. However, prior to that date, on October 25, 1956, he was committed on certificate of two doctors, and is now being detained under Code (1957), Art. 59, sec. 31. As we have repeatedly held, there is no right of appeal in a habeas corpus■ *653case unless the confinement is a result of prosecution for a criminal offense. Code (1957), Art. 42, sec. 7; Miller v. Superintendent, 198 Md. 659, and cases cited. His present detention is not of that character.

Application denied, with costs.

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