Addington v. State

KEITH, Justice.

This is an appeal from an indefinite commitment of the appellant to the Austin State Hospital under the provisions of See. 52 (b) of the Texas Mental Health Code, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. Art. 5547 (1958).

The fact structure of the case which we review is almost a mirror image of the facts recited by Justice Shannon in the opinion in Turner v. State, 543 S.W.2d 453 (Tex.Civ. App. — Austin, application pending). For this reason, we omit any factual resume underlying the single question which we will confront in this opinion.

Appellant has vigorously urged, in the brief and in oral…