Case Name: HOEY v. SUPERINTENDENT OF SPRINGFIELD STATE HOSPITAL
Court: Court of Appeals of Maryland
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Decision Date: 1957-02-07
Citations: 212 Md. 636
Docket Number: H. C. No. 51
Parties: HOEY v. SUPERINTENDENT OF SPRINGFIELD STATE HOSPITAL
Judges: 
Reporter: Maryland Reports
Volume: 212
Pages: 636–637

Head Matter:
HOEY v. SUPERINTENDENT OF SPRINGFIELD STATE HOSPITAL
[H. C. No. 51,
October Term, 1956.]
Decided February 7, 1957.
Before Brune, C. J., and Collins, Henderson, Hammond and Prescott, JJ.

Opinion:
Brune, C. J.,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The petitioner seeks leave to appeal from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by Chief Judge George Henderson of the Circuit Court for Allegany County.
The petitioner is confined in the Springfield State Hospital and is so confined for reasons of insanity, not crime. Since he is not "detained for or confined as the result of a prosecution for a criminal offense", he has no right of appeal. Code (1951), Article 42, Section 7; Miller v. Superintendent, 190 Md. 741, 60 A. 2d 189, and McElroy v. Director, Patuxent Institution, 211 Md. 385, 127 A. 2d 380.
Application denied, with costs.