title: Criminal law--incompetency--commitment of incurably incompetent defendant to institution until such time as he became sane constituted a virtual imprisonment for life.
authors.forename: Ronald B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D002961:Civil Rights; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D016743:Mental Competency; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities