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STOVER v. HAMILTON

No. 80-97.

604 S.W.2d 934 (1980)

Johnny STOVER, by his Mother and Next Friend, Henrietta Holbert, Appellant, v. Pat HAMILTON, Acting Commissioner of Mental Health Services, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied October 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Central Arkansas Legal Services, Inc., by Griffin J. Stockley and James R. Cromwell, Little Rock, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by Robert R. Ross, Deputy Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.

PURTLE, Justice.

On February 22, 1980, Henrietta Holbert, as mother and next friend of Johnny Stover, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Chancery Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas. She alleged her son was illegally confined in the Arkansas State Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. The chancellor ruled petitioner was being legally held pursuant to an order of commitment by the Franklin County Circuit Court under Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-612 (Repl.1977...

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