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TURNER v. FELICIANA FORENSIC FACILITY

No. CA 94 2088.

653 So.2d 609 (1995)

Irby TURNER, v. FELICIANA FORENSIC FACILITY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Order Denying Rehearing May 2, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alice Landry, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant, Irby Turner.

Joanne Henig, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee, Feliciana Forensic Facility.

Before GONZALES, PARRO and REDMANN, JJ.

REDMANN, Judge pro tem.

The question on this appeal2 is whether petitioner, judicially committed to a state mental institution as a danger to himself and others, is entitled to discharge because the first of the required "annual" hearings to review his case had not been held as of 13 months and a day after his May 13, 1992 commitment.

The answer is he is not. Unjustified delay in his annual hearing may violate La. R.S. 28:56 B...

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