Legal Opinion
In Re Watson
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 2, 1979No. Civ. 20461PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MORRIS, J.
Petitioner was committed to the State Department of Health under Welfare and Institutions Code section 6500.1, 1 as a mentally retarded person, on January 25, 1978. Petitioner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the San Bernardino County Superior Court. It was denied. She then filed a petition for habeas corpus in this court, which was denied on September 5, 1978. Thereafter, she petitioned the California Supreme Court, and on October 25, 1978, the Supreme Court ordered respondent to show cause before this court why the relief prayed for should not be granted.
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