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MATTER OF VALDEZ

No. 10037.

540 P.2d 818 (1975)

88 N.M. 338

In the Matter of George VALDEZ and Albert Garcia, alleged mentally ill Individuals. STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George VALDEZ and Albert Garcia, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

September 5, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coors, Singer & Broullire, Robert H. Borkenhagen, Albuquerque, for appellants.

David L. Norvell, Atty. Gen., Louis Druxman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Santa Fe, for appellee.

OPINION

MONTOYA, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Bernalillo County District Court which resulted in the involuntary civil commitment of defendants, Albert Garcia and George Valdez, pursuant to § 34-2-5, N.M.S.A., (Supp. 1973).

In June 1959, a jury found George Valdez unable "to understand the nature and object of the proceedings against him or to comprehend his own condition in reference to such proceedings and to make a rational...

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