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IN MATTER OF S.B.

No. 85-2350.

138 Wis.2d 409 (1987)

406 N.W.2d 408

IN the MATTER OF S.B., Alleged to be Mentally Ill: S.B., Appellant, v. RACINE COUNTY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 1, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there were briefs in the Court of Appeals by Ellen Pearlman, assistant state public defender and oral argument by Patricia Flood, assistant state public defender.

For the respondent there was a brief in the Court of Appeals by James T. McMahon, assistant corporation counsel and oral argument by Thomas Van Heest, assistant corporation counsel, Racine.

SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, J.

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court for Racine county, Judge Wayne J. Marik, committing S.B. for six months. This court took jurisdiction of the appeal upon certification by the court of appeals. Secs. 808.05(2), 809.61, Stats. 1985-86. The sole issue on appeal is whether an attorney may withdraw a demand for a jury trial in a civil commitment proceeding without the consent of the individual against whom the petition for...

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