STATE v. HACKETT

No. 128-81.

446 A.2d 369 (1982)

STATE of Vermont v. James J. HACKETT.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

April 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Miller, Franklin County State's Atty., and Marianne Lipscombe, Deputy State's Atty., St. Albans, for plaintiff.

Andrew B. Crane, Defender General, William A. Nelson, Appellate Defender, and Nancy E. Kaufman, Montpelier, for defendant.

Before BARNEY, C. J., and BILLINGS, HILL, UNDERWOOD and PECK, JJ.


UNDERWOOD, Justice.

The defendant appeals an order of the trial court which hospitalized him under the custody of the Commissioner of Mental Health. The defendant seeks to have the order of hospitalization vacated on grounds that (a) the court erred by appointing a guardian in the first instance and then erred again by not dismissing her once competency was established; (b) the court's findings of fact were inadequate to support its conclusion that the defendant was...

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