BETHANY v. STUBBS

No. 52332.

393 So.2d 1351 (1981)

Willie James BETHANY v. James C. STUBBS, Director of Mississippi State Hospital, Whitfield, Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stella Terrell, McComb, for appellant.

James P. Brantley, Whitfield, for appellee.

Before SMITH, P.J., and LEE and BOWLING, JJ.


LEE, Justice, for the Court:

Willie James Bethany filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Honorable Joe G. Moss, presiding, against James C. Stubbs, Director of the Mississippi State Hospital, Whitfield, Mississippi, seeking discharge from confinement in the hospital. After a full hearing, the chancellor dismissed the petition and Bethany has appealed here.

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