Legal Opinion
In Re Rich
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided January 13, 1966No. 1946PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBarney, J.
Since March 5, 1965, this petitioner, now eighteen years old, has been confined in the House of Correction by executive order, without sentence or conviction for a crime.- He seeks release *374through habeas corpus, not only from that and associated temporary confinement at Waterbury State Hospital, but from all restraint stemming from juvenile proceedings ordering him to Weeks School in June, 1962, when he was fourteen. He has both a guardian ad litem and an attorney representing his interests before this Court.
By stipulation, the issues raised here are two:
1. Was the original commitment by the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Holmes' AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- People v. DotsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
- In re HookSupreme Court of Vermont · 1922
- White v. ReidDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1954
- In the Matter of CromwellCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1963
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3Cited by26 opinions
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Inmates of Boys' Training School v. AffleckDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1972
- Northern Security Insurance v. PerronSupreme Court of Vermont · 2001
- State Ex Rel. Londerholm v. OwensSupreme Court of Kansas · 1966
- In re J. S.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1981
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