REGISTER v. STATE

No. 1D06-4521.

946 So.2d 50 (2006)

Ezekiel REGISTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 15, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, Dan B. Hendrickson and David P. Gauldin, Assistant Public Defenders, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Alexandria Walters, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant, Ezekiel Register, appeals an order of involuntary inpatient placement under section 394.467, Florida Statutes (2006). The appellant argues, among other things, that counsel's waiver of the appellant's presence at the commitment hearing was insufficient to allow the hearing to proceed. The state asserts that this issue was not preserved for review.

A patient has a fundamental right to be present at a commitment proceeding. Joehnk...

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