Legal Opinion
In Re Tew
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided March 15, 1972No. 59PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHARP, Justice.
The one question presented by this appeal is the validity of the last sentence of G.S. 122-86, italicized below. In whole, the section provides:
“Persons Acquitted of Crime on Account of Mental Illness; How Discharged From Hospital. — No person acquit ted of a capital felony on the ground of mental illness, and committed to the hospital designated in § 122-83 shall be discharged therefrom unless an act authorizing his discharge be passed by the General Assembly. No person acquitted of a crime of a less degree than a capital felony and committed to the hospital designated in §…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Donald Ragsdale v. Winfred Overholser, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths HospitalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
- In re ClarkSupreme Court of Kansas · 1912
- Salinger v. SuperintendentCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1955
- In Re RosenfieldDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1957
- In Re BoyettSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
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3Cited by9 opinions
- State v. PotterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
- State Ex Rel. Dorothea Dix Hospital v. DavisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1977
- People v. AdamsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
- In Re HayesCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2009
- State ex rel. Dorothea Dix Hospital v. DavisCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1975
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