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STATE EX REL. WALKER v. JENKINS

No. 13430.

203 S.E.2d 353 (1974)

STATE ex rel. Russell WALKER et al. v. Robert JENKINS, Director of Clinical Services at Spencer State Hospital, et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided March 19, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Hedges, Charleston, for relators.

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

NEELY, Justice:

This original proceeding in habeas corpus was brought by petitioner Russell Walker and eight other petitioners to challenge the constitutional validity of their confinement in various mental institutions of the State of West Virginia. Upon submission of the case, counsel for petitioners moved that the petitioner, Garland C. Hudson, be dismissed from the proceeding for the reason that he had already...

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