BACON v. STATE

No. 95-3723.

676 So.2d 69 (1996)

Andre BACON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis O. Frost, Jr., Public Defender; Ward L. Metzger, Assistant Public Defender, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Wendy S. Morris, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for appellee.


WOLF, Judge.

This is an appeal of an order for involuntary placement. The state failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that appellant will suffer from neglect without treatment, that there is a present threat of substantial harm to appellant's well being, or that he would harm others. Wade v. Northeast Florida State Hosp., 655 So.2d 125 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995) (statutory criteria of clear and convincing evidence was...

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