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MATTER OF DESMOND

No. C3-85-2215.

387 N.W.2d 882 (1986)

In the Matter of John DESMOND.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 20, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick W. Kelly, Minneapolis, for appellant.

John R. Owen, Asst. Hennepin Co. Atty., Minneapolis, Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., and Julie K. Harris, Sp. Asst., Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.

WAHL, Justice.

John Desmond, a mentally retarded adult committed to Faribault State Hospital, appeals a decision of the court of appeals 381 N.W.2d 57, affirming a trial court order continuing his commitment indeterminately and holding the statutory provision for indeterminate commitment of mentally retarded persons, Minn.Stat. § 253B.13, subd. 2 (Supp.1985), constitutional. We accepted certification of two questions from the...

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