IN RE AMEY

No. 09-FM-779.

40 A.3d 902 (2012)

In re Maurice AMEY, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 5, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sara E. Kopecki , Washington, DC, appointed by the court, for appellant.

Holly M. Johnson , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Irvin B. Nathan , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General, and Donna M. Murasky , Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for the District of Columbia.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, FISHER, Associate Judge, and KRAVITZ, Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia.


KRAVITZ, Associate Judge:

A judge of the Superior Court ordered appellant Maurice Amey's involuntary civil commitment for one year under the Ervin Act after a jury determined that appellant was mentally ill and, as a result, likely to injure himself or others if not committed. On appeal, appellant contends that the trial court erred by allowing a psychiatrist testifying as an expert witness for the government to refer to hospital records and other hearsay information...

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