Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Hoover v. Bloom
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided January 11, 1971No. 55421PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORGAN, Judge.
In this original proceeding in mandamus, relator asserts that respondent has refused to provide him a psychiatric examination by a physician of his own “choosing” as provided in paragraph (4) of Section 552.-040, V.A.M.S.
Relator is now and since November 20, 1953, has been a patient in state mental hospital No. 1 at Fulton. His commitment on that date followed a judgment of acquittal by reason of insanity of a charge of child molestation. After obtaining leave to proceed in forma pauperis, relator filed an application for release wherein he alleged that he is now sane and…
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- McGarty v. O'brien, WardenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1951
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