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MATTER OF COMMITMENT OF D.M.

712 A.2d 1277 (1998)

313 N.J. Super. 449

In the Matter of the COMMITMENT OF D.M.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided July 2, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Seguin, Milltown, for appellant D.M.

Susan Gleason, Elizabeth, for respondent State of New Jersey (Thomas V. Manahan, Union County Prosecutor, attorney; Maureen O'Brien, Assistant Prosecutor, of counsel and on the brief).

Lorraine M. Gormley, Deputy Public Advocate, as amicus curiae for the Division of Mental Health and Guardianship Advocacy (Ivelisse Torres, Public Defender, attorney; Ms. Gormley, of counsel and on the brief).

Judith Nason, Deputy Attorney General, amicus curiae for the State of New Jersey, Department of Law and Public Safety (Peter Verniero, Attorney General, attorney).

Before Judges BAIME, BROCHIN and WEFING.

The opinion of the court was delivered by BAIME, P.J.A.D.

D.M. appeals from the Law Division's order involuntarily committing him to the Trenton Psychiatric Hospital. We reverse the order and remand the matter for an evidentiary hearing which is to be conducted forthwith.

I.

D.M. pled guilty to an accusation charging him with sexually assaulting his sister (N.J.S.A. 2C:14-2b). The paltry record submitted to us is not entirely clear respecting...

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