LEWIS v. GRIFFIN

45817.

258 Ga. 887 (1989)

376 S.E.2d 364

LEWIS v. GRIFFIN.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Ott, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, William B. Hill, Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Eddie Snelling, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Larry W. Thomason, for appellee.


HUNT, Justice.

This appeal raises issues involving the extent of habeas corpus jurisdiction and the treatment of mentally-disabled prisoners. The habeas trial court held the petitioner was denied parole because the state had no facilities to treat him and ordered the state to involuntarily commit him to the Veterans Administration hospital. The state appeals.1

In 1956, Fred Griffin, Jr., suffered severe head injuries in an auto...

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