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MATTER OF COMMITMENT OF C.M.

DOCKET NOS. A-4684-17T2, A-4699-17T2, A-0015-18T2.

206 A.3d 454 (2019)

458 N.J. Super. 563

In the MATTER OF the Civil COMMITMENT OF C.M. In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of M.H. In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of C.R.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 15, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy B. DeNero , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant C.M. ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; Amy B. DeNero and Purificacion V. Flores , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, on the brief).

Purificacion V. Flores , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant M.H. ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; Amy B. DeNero , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, and Purificacion V. Flores , on the brief).

Lorraine Hunter Hoilien , Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant C.R. ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney; Lorraine Hunter Hoilien, on the brief).

Respondent State of New Jersey has not filed a brief.

Before Judges Fisher, Hoffman and Geiger.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Considering the important liberty interests that were at stake — and likely infringed — in these matters, we conclude the trial judge erred in refusing to vacate commitment orders solely because appellants had already been released from confinement. The existence of...

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