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IN RE MORRIS

No. 83-594.

482 A.2d 369 (1984)

In re Phillip MORRIS, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 24, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurie Davis, Washington, D.C., with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Joan L. Goldfrank, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN and ROGERS, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.

ROGERS, Associate Judge:

This appeal arises under the D.C. Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill Act (Act), (D.C.Code §§ 21-501, -592 (1981)). Appellant assigns as error the trial court's refusal to declare invalid his initial detention pursuant to an application which failed to comply with the Act. He also requests this court to order Saint Elizabeth's Hospital to amend its records to reflect that the initial detention was illegal and that everything flowing...

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