MATTER OF DETENTION OF G.V.

No. 61118-1.

124 Wn.2d 288 (1994)

877 P.2d 680

In the Matter of the Detention of G.V. FRANCIS PODREBARAC, ET AL, Appellants, v. G.V., Respondent. In the Matter of the Detention of A.K. D. LEE BROCK, ET AL, Appellants, v. A.K., Respondent. In the Matter of the Detention of R.P. FRANCIS PODREBARAC, ET AL, Appellants, v. R.P., Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 28, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General, and Linda A. Sullivan and Christopher Jennings, Assistants, for appellants.

John A. McNeish of Department of Assigned Counsel, for respondents.


UTTER, J.

The trial court commissioner dismissed petitions by the State of Washington to recommit three mentally ill individuals, G.V., A.K., and R.P. The State appealed the dismissals to the Court of Appeals. After consolidating the three cases, the Court of Appeals certified the action to this court. We accepted certification pursuant to RAP 4.2 and RCW 2.06.030 and reverse the commissioner's decisions.

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