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CHATMAN v. STATE

No. 97-1269.

985 S.W.2d 718 (1999)

336 Ark. 323

Terry Jo CHATMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 11, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Simpson, Jr., Russell Byrne, Little Rock, for Appellant.

Winston Bryant, Atty. Gen., Vada Berger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for Appellee.

ROBERT L. BROWN, Justice.

Appellant Terry Jo Chatman appeals from a forty-five-day commitment order entered by a Pulaski County probate judge sitting as a Stone County probate judge. He contends that the commitment order was invalid because a probable-cause hearing had not first been held by the Stone County probate judge, as required by law. We agree that the forty-five-day commitment order was invalid and that the probate judge in Pulaski County lacked jurisdiction...

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