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MATTER OF ALLEGED MENTALLY DISORDERED PERSON

No. CV-94-0026-PR.

181 Ariz. 290 (1995)

889 P.2d 1088

In the Matter of an Application for the COMMITMENT OF an ALLEGED MENTALLY DISORDERED PERSON, Coconino County No. MH 1425.

Supreme Court of Arizona, En Banc.

February 14, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Wendy F. White, P.C. by Wendy F. White, Flagstaff, for petitioner.

Terence C. Hance, Coconino County Atty. by William P. Ring, Deputy County Attorney, Flagstaff, for respondent.

OPINION

ZLAKET, Justice.

The question presented is whether examiners retained to evaluate the mental health of a person facing involuntary commitment may serve as witnesses "acquainted with the patient" under A.R.S. § 36-539(B). We hold that they cannot.

Petitioner was arrested for trespassing on April 2, 1992. He was transferred to the Coconino County jail, where he assaulted another inmate. When the nursing staff reported that petitioner was...

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