WOLFE v. MARICOPA CTY. GENERAL HOSPITAL, ETC.

No. H-807.

127 Ariz. 264 (1980)

619 P.2d 1041

In the Matter of Randy WOLFE, Petitioner, v. MARICOPA COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL, PSYCHIATRIC ANNEX, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

November 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross P. Lee, Maricopa County Public Defender by Edward C. Voss, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, for petitioner Wolfe.

Charles F. Hyder, Maricopa County Atty. by Charles C. Gatewood, Deputy County Atty., Phoenix, for respondent.


HOLOHAN, Vice Chief Justice.

The petitioner, Randy Wolfe, sought by a petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus to be released from the psychiatric unit of the Maricopa County Hospital. We accepted jurisdiction pursuant to Article VI, § 5 of the Constitution of Arizona and A.R.S. § 13-4123. After oral argument this court ordered petitioner released from the respondent hospital, adding that a written opinion would follow.

Petitioner was ordered committed...

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