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IN RE R.

No. 48237-3.

97 Wn.2d 182 (1982)

641 P.2d 704

In the Matter of R., ET AL, Appellants.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

March 4, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet L. Rice and Wayne Lieb of Seattle-King County Public Defender Association, for appellants.

Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Attorney General, and Carol Horan Rainey and Stephen Klasinski, Assistants, for respondents.

ROSELLINI, J.

These cases are before the court on petitions by Western State Hospital to extend for 90 days the detention of patients alleged to be gravely disabled. At each hearing, the attending psychiatrist gave his opinion, based on observations of and interviews with the patient, as to his or her mental condition. In each case the attorney for the patient objected to this testimony, claiming that it was subject to the...

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