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COM. ex rel. McGURRIN v. SHOVLIN

435 Pa. 474 (1969)

Commonwealth ex rel. McGurrin, Appellant, v. Shovlin.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 9, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Kennedy, administrator, for appellant.

Harry O'Neill, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, with him Robert W. Munley, Assistant District Attorney, and Joseph J. Cimino, District Attorney, for appellee.

Lawrence T. Hoyle, Jr., with him Julian E. Goldberg, for American Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION PER CURIAM, October 9, 1969:

Since 1963, William Joseph McGurrin has been confined in the Farview State Hospital at Waymart, Pennsylvania, under order of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Lackawanna County. The order of commitment was entered by the court following receipt of a report from a Sanity Commission1 stating that McGurrin was mentally ill and of criminal tendencies. The Commission...

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