FLOWERS v. HAUGH

No. 55914.

207 N.W.2d 766 (1973)

Anthony Curtis FLOWERS, Appellee, v. Charles H. HAUGH, Warden, Iowa State Men's Reformatory, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 23, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., Lorna Lawhead Williams, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Robert Story, County Atty., for appellant.

L. Vern Robinson, Iowa City, for appellee.

Heard before MOORE, C.J., and MASON, REES, UHLENHOPP, and McCORMICK, JJ.


McCORMICK, Justice.

The question in this case is whether an adult can be held in the men's reformatory under a juvenile court commitment order. Trial court held plaintiff was entitled to be released. We affirm.

Plaintiff Anthony Curtis Flowers was born January 7, 1953. On May 1, 1964, he was adjudicated a delinquent child and committed to the training school at Eldora under § 232.21, The Code, 1962. He remained there until June 9, 1970, when the director...

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