IN RE GANNON


123 N.J. Super. 104 (1973)

301 A.2d 493

IN RE JOSEPH GANNON.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Somerset County Court.

Decided February 23, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph Lipofsky for Gannon (Mr. James B. Ventantonio, Somerset-Sussex Legal Services attorney).

Mr. Robert M. Thompson, County Adjuster, for County of Somerset.


MEREDITH, J.C.C.

Movant is an indigent patient at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Lyons, New Jersey. He had entered the hospital voluntarily and later expressed a desire to be released. After his release was denied by the hospital staff, commitment proceedings pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:4-23 et seq. were begun in the Somerset County Court. The instant motion has been brought to secure an independent psychiatric examination.

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