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L.B. v. STATE

No. 3D02-56.

819 So.2d 922 (2002)

L.B., Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 19, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robert Godfrey, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Richard L. Polin, Assistant Attorney General, and Ian Illych Martinez, Certified Legal Intern, for appellee.

Before JORGENSON, FLETCHER, and RAMIREZ, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

L.B. appeals from an order of commitment pursuant to the Baker Act, section 394.467, Florida Statutes (2001). For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

Under most standards of review this case would be moot, as the appellant has been released from involuntary commitment. However, we are bound by the decision of the Florida Supreme Court in Godwin v. State, 593 So.2d 211 (Fla.1992), which held that an appeal...

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