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BUZZELL v. COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH AND CORRECTIONS

423 A.2d 246 (1980)

Fawn L. BUZZELL v. COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL HEALTH AND CORRECTIONS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided December 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lipman, Parks, Livingston, Lipman & Katz, P. A., Roger J. Katz (orally), John M. Parks, Augusta, for plaintiff.

James R. Erwin (orally), Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for defendant.

Before WERNICK, GODFREY, NICHOLS, GLASSMAN and ROBERTS, JJ.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION.

Fawn Buzzell appeals from the denial of his petition for release from the Augusta Mental Health Institute presented to the Superior Court, Kennebec County, pursuant to 15 M.R.S.A. § 104.1 The sole witness before the Superior Court was Victor Pentlarge, M. D., a staff psychiatrist at the institute. Dr. Pentlarge expressed uncertainty as to whether Buzzell's condition was such that Buzzell could be released without...

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