NIX v. STATE

Civ. 5136.

481 So.2d 403 (1985)

Horace Paul NIX v. STATE of Alabama.

Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama.

December 4, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horace Paul Nix, pro se.

M. Dixon Torbert and G.R. Trawick, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.


EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

Through habeas corpus proceedings, Mr. Nix, a patient, sought his release from confinement at the Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility (the facility).

After prior due notice to the patient, a hearing had been held in 1977 at which the patient and his attorney were present. A judgment was promptly rendered, which fully complied with all of the commitment requirements which had been established by Lynch v. Baxley...

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