WELK v. STATE

No. 88-2959.

542 So.2d 1343 (1989)

Cheryl L. WELK, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 21, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Erin Lydia McLaughlin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


ZEHMER, Justice.

We have for review an order entered pursuant to the Florida Mental Health Act, sections 394.451, et seq., Florida Statutes (1987), directing the involuntary placement of appellant, Cheryl L. Welk, in the Northeast Florida State Hospital for a period not to exceed six months.

Appellant raises two points on appeal. The first point contends that the record does not contain clear and convincing evidence that appellant suffers from a mental illness...

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