Youngs v. Rogers

This court has recognized that habeas corpus will lie to test the original confinement of an individual involuntarily committed pursuant to R. C. 5122.15 where fundamental constitutional guarantees are involved. In re Larkins (1976), 48 Ohio St. 2d 21; McDuffie v. Berzzarins (1975), 43 Ohio St. 2d 23; In re Fisher (1974), 39 Ohio St. 2d 71. We have specifically held that:

“ * * * Habeas corpus will lie to determine whether a person was afforded substantive and procedural due process in non-criminal involuntary civil commitment proceedings, undertaken pursuant to R. C. 5122.15, where habeas…