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BAKER v. STATE

No. 01-198.

50 P.3d 712 (2002)

2002 WY 116

Gary BAKER, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

July 29, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol Seeger of Carter Law Office, Gillette, WY, Representing Appellant.

Charlene Lynde and James P. Schermetzler of the County and Prosecuting Attorney's Office in and for Campbell County, Gillette, WY, Representing Appellee.

Before HILL, C.J., and GOLDEN, LEHMAN, KITE, and VOIGT, JJ.

KITE, Justice.

[¶ 1] A police officer found Gary Baker pacing back and forth in the road at the end of an overpass in Gillette. Mr. Baker was sunburned, dehydrated, disheveled, and disoriented. Initially unable to identify himself, he ultimately told the officer his name and that he had walked there from his home in Sheridan. The county attorney filed an application for involuntary hospitalization, and a jury found Mr. Baker was mentally ill. The trial court...

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