Doxzen v. Director

Per Curiam. This is an application for leave to appeal from an order of March 1, 1967, by Judge Joseph R. Byrnes, sitting in the Criminal Court of Baltimore, redetermining that applicant is a defective delinquent as defined by Md. Code (1967 Repl. Vol.), Art. 31B, § 5. Applicant was convicted of assault and sentenced to one year in the Maryland House of Correction on October 3, 1960, and sent to Patuxent Institution for examination.

Subsequently, he was found to be a defective delinquent on October 13, 1961, and confined to Patuxent Institution. He was redetermined to be a defective delinquent on February 24, 1964, and was recommitted to Patuxent. He filed his second petition for a redetermination of his status on January 20, 1967. In this application for leave to appeal, filed by his attorney, the applicant raises the following obj ections: (1) “That there was no evidence legally sufficient produced by the State for finding by the Court that Donald Doxzen was a Defective Delinquent.” (2) “That the only testimony that the State produced was that of Dr. Harold Boslow, who testified from reports made by others at the Patuxent Institution that the defendant was a defective delinquent; that many of the records were prepared by unqualified persons, not psychiatrists or psychologists, but social workers, etc.” ⁴²⁴ (3) “That the frequent examinations as specified under the Act were not conducted, either actual or visual examinations.” (4) “That the original sentence of one (1) year imposed on Doxzen has long since expired, but he is still detained at the Patuxent Institution.” In the memorandum in support of the application for leave to appeal, this additional contention is raised: (5) “The Defendant seeks an appeal on the theory that there was a failure of the Institution to provide any recent psychiatric treatment; that he is being incarcerated at Patuxent in the same manner as any prisoner at Maryland House of Correction, where the defendant was originally sentenced to one (1) year.” In regard to the first and second contentions, they will afford the applicant no relief as the testimony of Dr. Boslow, the Director of Patuxent Institution, constitutes legally sufficient evidence to support a finding of defective delinquency.

The fact that Dr. Boslow may have relied upon the reports of other members of his staff does not make his