JOHNSTON v. STATE

No. AW-354.

466 So.2d 413 (1985)

Patricia Cecile JOHNSTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 2, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Benninger Brown, Robert H. Graddy, Three Rivers Legal Services, Inc., Gainesville, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Dean C. Kowalchyk, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

Judith E. Koons, The Handicapped Law Center of Central Florida Legal Services, Inc., Cocoa, for amicus curiae.


ERVIN, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying appellant's motion for expungement of her involuntary mental examination under Section 394.463(2), Florida Statutes (1983). We affirm.

In April 1983, appellant's brother-in-law petitioned the circuit court for an involuntary mental examination of appellant. After an ex-parte hearing, during which appellant's brother-in-law testified and her sister spoke with the court over the telephone, the court...

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