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IN RE BRIGGS

Nos. 2011-281-Appeal, 2012-308-Appeal.

62 A.3d 1090 (2013)

In re Irving BRIGGS.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

April 4, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Lawlor, Jr., Esq. , East Providence, Office of the Mental Health Advocate, for Appellant.

Dianne L. Leyden, Esq. , Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals, for Appellee.

Present: SUTTELL, C.J., GOLDBERG, FLAHERTY, ROBINSON, and INDEGLIA, JJ.

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY, for the Court.

The issue before this Court revolves around the propriety of the transfer of Irving Briggs by the Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals1 (department) to the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) under G.L.1956 chapter 5.3 of title 40.1. Pursuant to § 40.1-5.3-9, the director of the department petitioned the Superior Court for an emergency transfer of Briggs, a sentenced...

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