Legal Opinion
Chesney v. Adams
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided June 24, 1974No. Civ. 15308, H-20PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
NEWMAN, District Judge.
This is a suit by a state prisoner challenging primarily the constitutionality of the procedure used to transfer him from the Connecticut Correctional Institution at Somers to the Security Treatment Center at Connecticut Valley Hospital. On two occasions he was committed for indefinite custody and treatment pursuant to Conn.Gen.Stat. § 17-194a. His major contention is that these transfers to a hospital for the mentally ill were accomplished without the hearing that non-prisoners are afforded under Conn.Gen.Stat. § 17-178. The staff at Somers…
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- Jackson v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by12 opinions
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