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MATTER OF MORLOCK

No. 93-187.

862 P.2d 415 (1993)

In the Matter of Gus E. MORLOCK, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided November 15, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lonnie J. Olson, Montana Advocacy Program, Billings, for appellant.

Jim Obie, Chief Legal Counsel, Corrections and Human Services, Helena, for respondent.

TRIEWEILER, Justice.

Gus E. Morlock appeals from an order of the District Court for the Fifth Judicial District in Jefferson County, Montana, which recommitted him to the Montana Developmental Center. Morlock seeks reversal of the order of recommitment based on his assertion that the Department of Corrections filed an untimely petition for recommitment under § 53-20-128, MCA. We reverse.

The dispositive issue on appeal is whether the petition for recommitment...

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