STATE v. COMMITMENT (JACKSON)

No. 4423.

289 So.2d 565 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana In re Mabel Jackson, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Petition for Judicial COMMITMENT (of Mabel JACKSON), Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Kennedy, Colfax, for plaintiff-appellant.

Charles B. Bice, Dist. Atty., Colfax, for defendant-appellee.

Before CULPEPPER, MILLER and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.


DOMENGEAUX, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a judicial civil commitment of the defendant-appellant to Central Louisiana State Hospital, Pineville, Louisiana.

On April 6, 1973, the defendant, Mabel Jackson, was admitted for examination and evaluation to the Central Louisiana State Hospital by a Coroner's Commitment authorizing treatment of the defendant for mental illness. The State readily concedes that this initial "order" did not follow the statutory procedures...

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