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MATTER OF NELSON

No. 13768.

408 A.2d 1233 (1979)

In the Matter of Aaron NELSON, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 4, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Devlin, Washington, D. C., appointed by the court, for appellant.

Robert St. John Roper, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., when the brief was filed, and John A. Terry, Richard W. Goldman, and Michele A. Goldfarb, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before NEBEKER, HARRIS and PRYOR, Associate Judges.

HARRIS, Associate Judge:

Appellant was civilly committed to Saint Elizabeths Hospital after a non-jury trial. He now argues that there was insufficient evidence upon which the trial court could have based its finding that he was likely to endanger himself and/or others. See D.C. Code 1973, § 21-545(b). Finding sufficient evidence to support the trial court's findings, we affirm.

Another issue has surfaced in this appeal, namely, the effect of the...

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