ATTORNEY GENERAL v. INTEREST OF B.C.M.

No. 1998-CA-00994-SCT.

744 So.2d 299 (1999)

ATTORNEY GENERAL and Dept. of Mental Health v. In the INTEREST OF B.C.M., A Minor.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

July 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the Attorney General by T. Hunt Cole, Jr., Attorney for Appellants.

Herbert Wayne Wilson, Gulfport, Michael E. Bruffey, Biloxi, Attorneys for Appellee.

EN BANC.


SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

¶ 1. Today, we consider a constitutional issue which we did not reach on procedural grounds in State v. Watkins, 676 So.2d 247 (Miss.1996): By conditioning the delivery and admission of a patient for court-ordered mental treatment on the determination by the admitting institution's director that facilities and services are available, does Miss...

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