In re Collins’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““There is no reason in discharging criminals for defective commitments if the defects can be remedied in accordance with the facts. The rights of the prisoner are not infringed by permitting the amendment, while the rights of the public might suffer greatly if such technicalities were allowed to prevail.” In re Collins, 135 Mich. 91 .”

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