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MATTER OF GAHAN

No. 86-1314.

531 A.2d 661 (1987)

In the Matter of Julia A. GAHAN, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Reiser, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellant.

Eva Marie Carney, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before MACK and NEWMAN, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.

NEWMAN, Associate Judge:

Julia A. Gahan was civilly committed to Saint Elizabeths Hospital after a trial without a jury. She maintained on appeal that there was insufficient evidence to support the trial court's finding that she was likely to injure herself if allowed to remain at liberty. See D.C.Code § 21-545(b) (1981). She also objects to two evidentiary rulings of the trial court. Finding the evidence to be sufficient, and the evidentiary rulings to...

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