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STATE v. COMMITMENT (FLETCHER)

No. 4412.

289 So.2d 572 (1974)

STATE of Louisiana in re Ruby Marie Fletcher, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. Petition for Judicial COMMITMENT (OF Ruby Marie FLETCHER), 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 defendant-appellant.

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

Before CULPEPPER, MILLER and DOMENGEAUX, JJ.

CULPEPPER, Judge.

Mr. Tom M. Fletcher filed a petition for judicial commitment of his sister, Mrs. Ruby Marie Fletcher, under LSA-R.S. 28:53. The attorney appointed to represent Mrs. Fletcher filed an answer, generally denying that she was suffering from a mental illness. The answer further alleged that Mrs. Fletcher was then being detained in Central Louisiana State Hospital under a coroner's commitment which was invalid because the provisions of LSA-R.S. 28:52 were...

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