In Re Hofmann

THE COURT.

petition of one of the attorneys for Betty Short Hofmann representing that the latter is confined at Kimball Sanitarium in Los Angeles County as a mental patient under an order of commitment of the superior court, we issued a writ of habeas corpus to which return has been filed and upon which a hearing has been held. We conclude that the petitioner should be ordered released because of irregularities in the proceedings leading up to her commitment. Pertinent provisions of section 5050, Welfare and Institutions Code, are set out in the margin. 1 The proceedings may be outlined as…