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MATTER OF BUMPER

No. 80-966.

441 A.2d 975 (1982)

In the Matter of Larry BUMPER, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Charles F. C. Ruff, U. S. Atty., with whom John A. Terry, John R. Fisher, Pamela B. Stuart, and Sylvia Royce, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Before MACK and FERREN, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.

MACK, Associate Judge:

Appellant appeals from a judgment ordering civil commitment following a jury trial pursuant to D.C. Code 1973, § 21-545, arguing that the trial court improperly instructed the jury in two respects. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the judgment below.

At trial two psychiatrists and appellant's mother testified concerning specific instances of appellant's aberrant behavior. The psychiatrists also offered diagnoses and expert...

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