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MATTER OF STOKES

No. 85-1249.

546 A.2d 356 (1988)

In the Matter of Gwendolyn STOKES, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided July 13, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Norman, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, Public Defender Service, Jennifer Lyman, Public Defender Service, and Laurie B. Davis, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Barbara J. Matthews, Office of Legal Advisor, Saint Elizabeths Hosp., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MACK, BELSON, and ROGERS, Associate Judges.

MACK, Associate Judge:

Gwendolyn Stokes was initially committed to Saint Elizabeths Hospital as an outpatient under the District of Columbia Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill Act, D.C. Code § 21-545 (b) (1981) (part of the "Ervin Act"). Subsequently, her outpatient status was revoked. On appeal, she contends the trial court denied her due process when it revoked her outpatient commitment without explicitly finding that indeterminate inpatient commitment was...

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