STATE v. A.C.

No. 20826-CA.

543 So.2d 133 (1989)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. In the Matter of A.C., Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

May 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Paul Young, Mental Health Advocacy Service, Shreveport, for appellant.

Edward Dixon, Shreveport, for appellee.

Before FRED W. JONES, Jr., SEXTON and HIGHTOWER, JJ.


HIGHTOWER, Judge.

Pursuant to a judgment rendered and signed on December 14, 1988, appellant, A.C., was judicially committed for the treatment of mental illness at Central Louisiana State Hospital at Pineville. He now presents two specifications of error for review. It is first contended that the evidence adduced at the commitment hearing failed to satisfy the required burden of proof. Second, it is asserted that his commitment was not to the least restrictive of...

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