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CONSERVATORSHIP OF MANTON

Docket No. L.A. 31965.

39 Cal.3d 645 (1985)

703 P.2d 1147

217 Cal. Rptr. 253

Conservatorship of the Person of JAMES MANTON. SAN DIEGO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, Petitioner and Respondent, v. JAMES MANTON, Objector and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 22, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Sharon Voorhees, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Objector and Appellant.

Lloyd M. Harmon, Jr., County Counsel, Howard P. Brody, Chief Deputy County Counsel, and Susan J. Boyle, Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioner and Respondent.

OPINION

LUCAS, J.

Appellant James Manton appeals following a judgment granting the County of San Diego, Department of Mental Health's petition for conservatorship. The judgment, which included the power to commit Manton involuntarily to a state mental institution, followed a jury finding that Manton was gravely disabled. (Lanterman-Petris-Short Act; Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5000; all further statutory references are to this...

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