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MATTER OF LEE

No. 7710DC452.

242 S.E.2d 211 (1978)

35 N.C. App. 655

In the Matter of Carl Moses LEE, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 21, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Judith L. Kornegay, Raleigh, for respondent-appellant.

BRITT, Judge.

Respondent's sole assignment of error is based on his exception to the trial court's conclusion of law that he "is now imminently dangerous to himself by reason of his mental illness". We find no merit in the assignment.

To support an involuntary commitment order, the court must find by clear, cogent and convincing evidence that a respondent is both mentally ill and imminently dangerous to himself or others. In Re Carter,

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