IN MATTER OF MENTAL CONDITION OF C.J.

No. 84-664.

120 Wis.2d 355 (1984)

354 N.W.2d 219

IN the MATTER OF the MENTAL CONDITION OF C.J.: C.J., Appellant, v. STATE of Wisconsin, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided July 25, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Mary E. Waitrovich, assistant state public defender.

For the respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Nancy E. Maloney, assistant district attorney, of Oshkosh.

Before Scott, C.J., Brown, P.J., and Nettesheim, J.


BROWN, P.J.

This is an appeal from an involuntary commitment order for C.J. entered by the Winnebago county circuit court after a jury trial. The trial court gave the standard jury instruction on involuntary commitment and submitted a special verdict to the jury consisting of three questions: (1) whether C.J. is mentally ill; (2) whether he is dangerous to himself or others, and (3) whether he is a proper subject for treatment. C.J. contends that the standard jury...

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