Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Briggs v. State
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided April 1, 1974No. KCD 26985PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOMERVILLE, Judge. ■
The crucial question in this habeas corpus action is whether petitioner is being unlawfully restrained of his liberty by the Director of the Division of Mental Diseases, State of Missouri, by incarceration in the Fulton State Hospital, Calloway County, Missouri, under an order of commitment issued by the Circuit Court of Clay County, Missouri, on April 14, 1972.
The record in the Circuit Court of Clay County prefacing the order committing petitioner for care and treatment in a state mental hospital until discharged according to law is anemic at best. However, this much is…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Jackson v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Miller v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1973
- Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
- McCormick v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1971
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State v. ClarkMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
- State v. VansandtsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1976
- Cole v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
- State v. AshleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1981
- State v. TildenMissouri Court of Appeals · 1999
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