Legal Opinion
Schock v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided December 21, 1981No. 81-92PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Steele Hays, Justice.
Petitioner seeks his release from the Arkansas State Hospital by writ of habeas corpus from the Pulaski Chancery Court. Having been found incapable of assisting in his own defense, he was committed by the Union Circuit Court on July 29, 1980, and at the same time acquitted of charges of sexual abuse because of mental disease. The commitment found petitioner to be a danger to himself or to other persons or property.
Appellant’s petition for habeas corpus was filed on March 13, 1981, some eight months after his commitment, the chancellor denied the petition, holding that the…
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