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EVERETT v. STATE

No. 87-931.

524 So.2d 1091 (1988)

Elise EVERETT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 4, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis O. Frost, Jr., Public Defender, and James T. Miller, Asst. Public Defender, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Jeffrey M. Dikman and Desmond V. Tobias, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee for appellee.

MILLS, Judge.

In this appeal from an order of involuntary placement pursuant to The Baker Act, sections 394.451-4785, Florida Statutes (1985), the appellant contends, among other things, that the state failed to prove she met all statutory criteria1 for involuntary placement. We reverse because the state failed to present evidence that, because of her mental illness, appellant refused voluntary placement for treatment, or was unable to...

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