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MATTER OF KING

No. C0-91-1032.

476 N.W.2d 190 (1991)

In the Matter of Joseph Charles KING.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

October 22, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Connor, Minneapolis, for appellant King.

Michael O. Freeman, Hennepin County Atty., John R. Owen, Asst. County Atty., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by CRIPPEN, P.J., and DAVIES and THOREEN, JJ.

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

This appeal presents an issue of first impression for Minnesota's appellate courts.1 Under what circumstances can trial courts involuntarily place a mentally ill patient, not committed as mentally ill and dangerous, at the state security hospital?2

FACTS

In 1988, appellant was transferred administratively from Anoka...

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