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IN MATTER OF HASKINS

No. 79-1881.

101 Wis.2d 176 (1980)

304 N.W.2d 125

IN the MATTER OF Gerald HASKINS: MILWAUKEE COUNTY COMBINED COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, Appellant, v. Gerald HASKINS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided September 8, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant, the cause was submitted on the brief of Gerard S. Paradowski, acting corporation counsel, and Robert A. McKnight, assistant corporation counsel.

For the respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Thomas K. Zander, chief attorney, state public defender's office, mental health division, and Stuart Spielman, assisant state public defender.

Before Decker, C.J., Cannon, J., and Hanley, Reserve Judge.

DECKER, C.J.

The treatment director of the Milwaukee County Mental Health Center signed a statement of emergency detention under the Mental Health Act,1 to commence the involuntary commitment of Gerald Haskins who had been admitted to the Milwaukee county treatment facility upon a commitment as a criminal defendant not competent to proceed under ch. 971, Stats. The treatment director sought to satisfy the "recent conduct evidencing dangerousness...

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