PHILLIPS v. GILES

5 Div. 879.

252 So.2d 624 (1971)

Billy Jack PHILLIPS v. J. W. GILES, as Admr., etc.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 9, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell, Raymon & Russell, Tuskegee, for appellant.

Herbert J. Lewis, Jr., Montgomery, for appellee.


COLEMAN, Justice.

A patient, who is confined in the Veterans Administration Hospital at Tuskegee, appeals from a judgment denying his release from the hospital after a hearing at which he was present and represented by his counsel. The patient will sometimes be referred to as petitioner.

The hearing was initiated by his petition for habeas corpus addressed to the Judge of the Circuit Court of Macon County. The petitioner alleges that he is illegally restrained...

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