IN MATTER OF BALLARD

No. 7625DC1022.

237 S.E.2d 541 (1977)

In the Matter of Charles Gossett BALLARD.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Gen. Isaac T. Avery, III, Raleigh, for the State.

Prentiss Anne Allen, Morganton, for respondent-appellant.


VAUGHN, Judge.

Respondent does not except to that part of the order finding that he is mentally ill. Through counsel, however, he argues that the evidence is insufficient to support the court's finding that he was imminently dangerous to himself or others.

To support a recommitment order, the court is required to find "by clear, cogent, and convincing evidence that the respondent is mentally ill ... and imminently dangerous to himself or others, and in need...

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