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IN RE MELTON

No. 85-1589.

565 A.2d 635 (1989)

In re Tommie Lee MELTON, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry J. Fulton, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein, and Laurie B. Davis, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Janet L. Maher, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Frederick D. Cooke, Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, Charles L. Reischel, and Ann O'Regan Keary, Deputies Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FERREN and SCHWELB, Associate Judges, and MACK, Associate Judge, Retired.

FERREN, Associate Judge:

Tommie Lee Melton appeals his civil commitment after a jury trial. He claims that, in allowing in evidence the expert opinion testimony of two psychiatric witnesses, the trial court abused its discretion by summarily rejecting appellant's objections to (1) the psychiatrists' reliance on hearsay evidence as the basis for their expert opinions and (2) the qualifications of the psychiatrists themselves to render expert opinions about Melton's...

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