Kleinschmidt v. Hoctor

[ 650] This is a habeas corpus proceeding brought in this court by Robert E. Kleinsehmidt to obtain his release from State Hospital No. 4 at Farmington where he is detained as an insane person. He was adjudged insane by the Probate Court of Jefferson County sitting as a jury at an inquisition held on the morning of April 14, 1950, between 9 and 10 o’clock. He had been served with notice of the proceeding less than two hours earlier. The sole contention of petitioner’s counsel is that this short notice was insufficient and that the adjudication was therefore void and a denial of due process.

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