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SLOAN v. WACHTEL

No. 13752.

233 S.E.2d 137 (1977)

James Everette SLOAN, Petitioner, v. Andrew S. WACHTEL, M. D., Acting Director of Clinical Services at Spencer State Hospital, Respondent. Lorenzo ROBINS, Petitioner, v. Andrew S. WACHTEL, M. D., Acting Director of Clinical Services at Spencer State Hospital, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

March 22, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Hedges, Charleston, for plaintiff in error, Robins.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., William D. Highland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for defendant in error.

McGRAW, Justice:

On July 21, 1976, writs of error were granted in these two habeas corpus actions which were then consolidated for hearing on appeal. The Circuit Court of Roane County denied Robins a hearing on his petition for a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum on May 13, 1976, and on May 20, 1976, the same court denied Sloan a hearing on a similar habeas corpus petition. Both petitioners had been involuntarily committed...

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