MAYOCK v. MARTIN


157 Conn. 56 (1968)

PETER R. MAYOCK v. MORGAN MARTIN, SUPERINTENDENT, NORWICH STATE HOSPITAL

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided July 23, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. Sweeney, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Ernest H. Halstedt, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Robert K. Killian, attorney general, for the appellee (defendant).

KING, C. J., ALCORN, RYAN, COVELLO and SHEA, JS.


RYAN, J.

In this application for a writ of habeas corpus, the plaintiff claims that his confinement in the Norwich State Hospital is illegal because his present mental condition does not require, nor does it legally justify, his involuntary confinement or custodial care. From the judgment dismissing the writ, the plaintiff has appealed.

The few corrections to which the plaintiff has shown himself entitled are incorporated in the following statement of facts...

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