pled guilty to that offense or been convicted of it after trial, he could have received a maximum sentence of one year in jail. He would have been released, at the very latest, in September of 1976. He would now long since have been a free man. But Petitioner did not plead guilty and was not convicted. Instead, he raised an insanity defense, claiming that because he was mentally ill at the time he tried to steal the coat he should not be blamed for his act. The Government did not contest this claim and the trial court found, after a stipulated trial, that the Petitioner was not guilty by reason of insanity. On the basis of this acquittal and on this basis alone, the Petitier was --