STATE EX REL. MORROW v. LEWIS


55 Wis.2d 502 (1972)

200 N.W.2d 193

STATE EX REL. MORROW and others, Petitioners, v. LEWIS, Superintendent, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided September 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioners there was a brief and oral argument by James D. Rudd, Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee.

For the respondent there was a brief by E. Michael McCann, district attorney of Milwaukee county, and Jon Peter Genrich, assistant district attorney, and oral argument by Mr. Genrich.


PER CURIAM.

Grant Morrow, Marvin Boyd, James Johnson, and Dennis Flynn have petitioned this court for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground they are being unlawfully detained by the respondent Andrew Lewis, Superintendent of the Milwaukee County Detention Home, in that their commitment for detention was not in accordance with sec. 48.29 (2), Stats.1 This section provides that a child may be detained in a place of detention only on a written...

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