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SOUTHERN v. MISSISSIPPI STATE HOSP.

No. 2002-CP-01298-SCT.

853 So.2d 1212 (2003)

Willie B. SOUTHERN, Jr. v. MISSISSIPPI STATE HOSPITAL, Paul Jackson, M.D. and Martha Murray, M.D.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 11, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellant, pro se.

Thomas T. Dunbar, Jackson, William C. Griffin, Gulfport, L. Abraham Rowe, Jr., Jackson, attorneys for appellees.

Before McRAE, P.J., EASLEY and GRAVES, JJ.

EASLEY, Justice, for the court.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. Willie B. Southern, Jr. (Southern) was committed by order of the Chancery Court of Hinds County on April 19, 1999, to the Mississippi State Hospital. The affidavit for commitment was brought by Gerald Jones of the Jackson Police Department, as a friend of the court, seeking treatment for Southern. The affidavit alleged that Southern was a possible danger to himself and others and that...

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