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STATE EX REL. D. W. v. HENSLEY

Nos. 60823, 60834.

574 S.W.2d 389 (1978)

STATE ex rel. D. W., Relator, v. C. Duane HENSLEY et al., Respondents. STATE ex rel. E. B., Relator, v. C. Duane HENSLEY et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

December 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Simanek, Legal Aid of Western Missouri, Kansas City, for relator.

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., Reginald Turnbull, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondents.

FINCH, Judge.

Separate petitions for a writ of habeas corpus and for declaratory judgment1 were filed in this court by D.W. and E.B. These petitions, filed pursuant to § 202.850,2 requested release from custody under previous commitments to the Department of Mental Health pursuant to which they had been placed at St. Joseph State Hospital No. 2. We ordered the two cases consolidated.

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