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PEOPLE v. LANE

No. 27957.

581 P.2d 719 (1978)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner-Appellee, v. James Frederick LANE, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

June 26, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James V. Phelps, County Atty., Paul J. Willumstad, Asst. Pueblo County Atty., Pueblo, for petitioner-appellee.

James R. Hurst, Pueblo, for respondent-appellant.

Robin S. Freedman, Denver, for amicus curiae Colorado Bar Ass'n Office for the Mentally Disabled.

CARRIGAN, Justice.

The appellant challenges the district court's order, entered pursuant to section 27-10-101, et seq., C.R.S.1973 (1976 Supp.), which determined that he is mentally ill, a danger to others, and in need of long-term care and treatment. We affirm the district court's order.

In 1955, when he was fourteen years old, the appellant was committed to the Colorado State Hospital. Except for isolated...

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