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MARKEY v. WACHTEL

Nos. 14504, 14505, 14479 and 14480.

264 S.E.2d 437 (1979)

Catherine MARKEY v. ANDREW S. WACHTEL, Director of Clinical Services, Spencer State Hospital. Leo TRIPLETT v. Kenneth CLARK, Director of Clinical Services, Huntington State Hospital. State of West Virginia In the Interest of C. F. H. In the Interest of G. T. M.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Hedges, Charleston, for petitioners Markey and Triplett.

Jay Montgomery Brown, Fairmont, for C. F. H. & G. T. M.

Tom Trent, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for respondents Wachtell and Clark.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., David R. Brissell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for appellee State.

MILLER, Justice:

In State ex rel. Hawks v. Lazaro, W.Va., 202 S.E.2d 109 (1974), we set forth a number of due process rights which must be accorded adults who are faced with involuntary commitment to mental hospitals.1 In the four consolidated cases now before us,2 we are asked to further hold that such persons shall be...

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