In re Streeper’s Empirical Analysis
1921
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
January 1950
most recently cited
2 state decisions
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“This statutory proceeding is designed, manifestly, to enable one restrained of his liberty for a reason, which, in its inception, may properly result in his commitment and detention so long as the cause thereof subsists, to show by satisfactory proof that the superinducing cause of his detention no longer exists, and that he is therefore entitled to his liberty. When the petitioner's status of mentality has been adjudged and determined, the statutory power conceded in such a situation is exhausted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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