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IN RE R.A.

No. 84-503.

501 A.2d 743 (1985)

In re R.A.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

September 13, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Stephen Monahan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Waterbury, for plaintiff-appellee.

Anne S. Locke, Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., Waterbury, for defendant-appellant.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and HILL, PECK, GIBSON and HAYES, JJ.

ALLEN, Chief Justice.

This case is an appeal from an order of the District Court, Waterbury Circuit, finding R.A. to be a patient in need of further treatment, 18 V.S.A. § 7101(16), and committing him to the Vermont State Hospital (VSH) for an indeterminate period. 18 V.S.A. § 7621(b).

R.A. is a victim of Huntington's Chorea, a hereditary neurological disease which causes organic brain damage to the frontal lobe, choreic (involuntary muscle) movements...

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