LEGAL DOCUMENT

Case: Nancy Ennis v. David Pearson, M.D., Assistant Chief of Psychiatric Services
Citation: 120 R.I. 995
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1978-07-06
Docket Number: C. P. No. 78-229
Pages: 995–995
Volume: 120
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports

Parties: Nancy Ennis v. David Pearson, M.D., Assistant Chief of Psychiatric Services.

July 6, 1978.
C. P. No. 78-229.
Nancy Ennis v. David Pearson, M.D., Assistant Chief of Psychiatric Services.
Barbara Hurst, Chief Appellate Counsel, John E. Farley, Assistant Public Defender, for petitioner. Julius Michaelson, Attorney General, for respondent.

The petition for writ of habeas corpus is granted and the writ shall issue forthwith. The matter is remitted to the Family Court with the direction that the Family Court conduct an evidentiary hearing on July 26, 1978 which will establish the facts justifying the petitioner’s confinement. Following said hearing, the transcript of the hearing and the record in this case together with this petition shall be returned forthwith to this court.