IN RE KATZ

No. 93-FM-972.

638 A.2d 684 (1994)

In re Leonid KATZ, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell C. Valdez, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom John Payton, Corp. Counsel, Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Lutz Alexander Prager, Asst. Deputy Corp. Counsel, and Janet L. Maher, Deputy Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellant.

Sandra K. Levick, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and J. Michael Ryan, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, FARRELL, Associate Judge, and KERN, Senior Judge.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

The District of Columbia, on behalf of Saint Elizabeths Hospital, appeals from a pretrial order of the trial judge barring the admission of certain evidence at appellee's impending civil commitment trial. Specifically, Judge Block ordered that "in the trial of this case the government is precluded (i.e., directly and/or collaterally estopped) from presenting all evidence relating to likelihood of harm due to mental illness which antedates...

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