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IN RE C.L.M.

No. 98-FS-349.

766 A.2d 992 (2001)

In re C.L.M., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 15, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie Brain, Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Jaclyn Frankfurt, Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Sidney R. Bixler, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Robert R. Rigsby, Interim Corporation Counsel, at the time the brief was filed, and Rosalyn Calbert Groce, Director, Policy and Appeals Branch, were on the brief, for the District of Columbia, appellee.

Before SCHWELB and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges, and BELSON, Senior Judge.

WASHINGTON, Associate Judge:

Appellant C.L.M. entered a plea of guilty to one count of simple assault, in violation of D.C.Code § 22-504(a) (1996). The issue on appeal is whether a 1995 order committing C.L.M. to the custody of the Department of Human Services ("DHS") for a period of no more than two years was a legal disposition, so that a subsequent order vacating the initial commitment and committing her for a longer period nunc pro tunc to the date...

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