Legal Opinion
In re M.B.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided June 15, 2004No. 03-305PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
¶ 1. M.B. appeals a Washington Superior Court order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking release from Vermont State Hospital (VSH). M.B. claims the court erred when it held that the State substantially complied with the emergency examination statutes even though M.B. was taken into police custody before the application authorizing his detention was completed. We find that any defect in M.B.’s initial custody had no bearing on the legal basis for his restraint at the time he petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
¶ 2. On May 23, 2003, at the request of his…
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