ABDULLAH v. STATE

No. AM-213.

429 So.2d 1359 (1983)

Hakim ABDULLAH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hakim Abdullah, pro se.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Leonard George, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


MILLS, Judge.

Abdullah appeals his involuntary civil commitment under the Baker Act. We affirm.

Abdullah argues that he did not receive timely hearings. He was confined for examination pursuant to a court order on 2 December 1981. On 7 December, involuntary commitment proceedings were timely begun, Section 394.463(2)(e), Florida Statutes (1981). Formal service of the petition for commitment was accomplished on Abdullah...

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