MATTER OF SHENNUM

No. 83-308.

684 P.2d 1073 (1984)

In the Matter of Alan Ray SHENNUM, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided June 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paterson, Marsillo, Tornabene & Schuyler, Charles W. Schuyler and Larry Elison, argued, Missoula, for appellant.

Mike Greely, Atty. Gen., Robert F.W. Smith, argued, Asst. Atty. Gen., Helena, Robert L. Deschamps, III, County Atty., Missoula, Robert Slomski, argued, Deputy County Atty., Missoula, for respondent.


SHEEHY, Justice.

Alan Ray Shennum appeals from an order of the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, Missoula County, committing and confining him to Warm Springs State Hospital for a period of three months.

We determine in this case that the state failed to follow the statutory safeguards imposed upon the state when it sought the commitment of the respondent on the charge of being seriously mentally ill, and that such failure mandates reversal in this...

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