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STATE EX REL. HAWKS v. LAZARO

No. 13377.

202 S.E.2d 109 (1974)

STATE ex rel. Ronald Lee HAWKS v. Jaime E. LAZARO, Director of Clinical Services, Huntington State Hospital.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided January 15, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Keiter, Charleston, for relator.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., Phillip D. Gaujot, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondent.

NEELY, Justice:

This original proceeding in habeas corpus challenges the constitutional validity of Chapter 27, Article 5, Section 4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended. Petitioner, Ronald Lee Hawks, was committed to the Huntington State Hospital for an indeterminate period pursuant to a May 19, 1969 order and an August 29, 1973 order of the McDowell County Mental Hygiene Commission. On June 5, 1973 petitioner filed a petition in this Court for a...

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