COM. EX REL. GIBSON v. DiGIACINTO


261 Pa.Super. 53 (1978)

395 A.2d 938

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania ex rel. Russell GIBSON v. Attillio DiGIACINTO, Warden of Northampton County Prison. Appeal of Russell GIBSON.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret H. Poswistilo, Easton, for appellant.

Edward G. Ruyak, Bethlehem, for appellee, Northampton County.

Before JACOBS, President Judge, and HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT, SPAETH and HESTER, JJ.


HESTER, Judge:

This is an appeal from the lower court's order certifying Appellant's involuntary commitment to a mental hospital under date of August 26, 1977 by the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County, Civil Division. In essence, the instant appeal is analogous with a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

The complex set of operative facts in this matter are as follows:

On January 14, 1977, Appellant was admitted to Easton Hospital...

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