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M.H. v. STATE

No. 4D04-1217.

901 So.2d 197 (2005)

M.H., a child, Respondent, v. STATE of Florida, Petitioner.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 23, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Patrick B. Burke, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Monique E. L'Italien, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

M.H. appeals an order of involuntary commitment under Florida Statutes section 985.223(3). We treat this appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari considering the liberty interest at stake where an individual has been involuntarily committed. See Pullen v. State, 802 So.2d 1113, 1116 (Fla.2001) ("Clearly, an individual who faces involuntary commitment to a mental health facility has a liberty interest at stake...

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