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ALTER v. MORRIS

Nos. 43244, 43245, 43246, 43247, 43248.

85 Wn.2d 414 (1975)

536 P.2d 630

In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of LE ROY ALTER, Petitioner, v. CHARLES MORRIS, as Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, Respondent. In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of WALTER A. WADZUK, Petitioner, v. CHARLES MORRIS, as Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, Respondent. In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of DAVID LEE HICKEY, Petitioner, v. CHARLES MORRIS, as Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, Respondent. In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of LILLIAN I. WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. CHARLES MORRIS, as Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, Respondent. In the Matter of the Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus of SHELDON R. STEELE, Petitioner, v. CHARLES MORRIS, as Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

June 5, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Emery, Richard Blumberg, and Allen Ressler of Legal Services, for petitioners.

Slade Gorton, Attorney General, and Stephen J. Hosch, Assistant, for respondent.

HAMILTON, J.

Five petitions for writs of habeas corpus have been consolidated since each presents substantially the same question.1 Each petitioner is presently incarcerated in a Washington state mental hospital, committed as criminally insane after an acquittal of criminal charges by reason of insanity. They now challenge the criminal mental commitment law as violative of equal protection and due process.

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