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IN RE HODGES

No. 7638.

325 A.2d 605 (1974)

In the Matter of Shirley HODGES, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 23, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Freund, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Albert H. Turkus, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Craig M. Bradley, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Percy H. Russell, Jr., and Joseph F. McSorley, Asst. U. S. Attys., also entered appearances for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and KELLY and FICKLING, Associate Judges.

FICKLING, Associate Judge:

On March 14, 1973, appellant, a 45-year-old woman, was admitted to St. Elizabeths Hospital for emergency hospitalization pursuant to D.C.Code 1973, § 21-521. Thereafter on March 22, 1973, the Superintendent of the hospital filed a petition for judicial hospitalization pursuant to D. C.Code 1973, § 21-541. Following a hearing on April 3, 1973, the Commission on Mental Health — after finding that appellant was mentally ill...

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