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STATE EX REL. RISATTI v. EATON

No. 4836.

161 So.2d 549 (1964)

STATE of Florida ex rel. Leno Joseph RISATTI, Petitioner, v. R.C. EATON, Superintendent, South Florida State Hospital, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida. Second District.

March 11, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leno Joseph Risatti, in pro. per.

James W. Kynes, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert R. Crittenden, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lakeland, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

This case arose in this court by way of a letter written by the petitioner, dated December 16, 1963, in which he charges that he is being illegally detained in the South Florida State Hospital, and that his mental condition does not justify his being so detained. We treated his letter as a petition for writ of habeas corpus and issued a rule to show cause to the respondent. The respondent has now answered and we have examined the record.

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