BUCHTE v. STATE

No. 98-01002.

990 S.W.2d 539 (1999)

337 Ark. 591

Daniel BUCHTE, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 27, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Simpson, Jr., Public Defender, by: Russell Byrne, Deputy Public Defender, Little Rock, for appellant.

Mark Pryor, Att'y Gen., by: Vada Berger, Ass't Att'y Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


LAVENSKI R. SMITH, Justice.

Appellant, Daniel Buchte, appeals from a forty-five-day commitment order entered by a Pulaski County probate judge. Buchte contends that the commitment order was invalid because he did not appear nor was he represented at a probable-cause hearing as required by Ark.Code Ann. § 20-47-209 (Repl.1991). The State acknowledges the invalidity of the forty-five-day commitment order. The State, however, requests we reverse and dismiss exclusively...

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