JORDAN v. STATE

Nos. 91-618 and 91-619.

597 So.2d 352 (1992)

Calvin JORDAN and Frank Byrwa, Appellants, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, Carol Ann Turner, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellants.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Kathleen E. Moore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


SHIVERS, Judge.

Appeals were taken from the trial court's Orders for Involuntary Placement following separate hearings on the Petitions for Involuntary Placement of the appellants, Calvin Jordan and Frank Byrwa. Section 394.467, Florida Statutes (1991), sets out the procedures for involuntary placement. At issue is whether the so-called Baker Hearings were conducted in accordance with the due process rights of Jordan and Byrwa and the requirements of section

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