Buchte v. State

Lavenski R. Smith, Justice.

Appellant, Daniel Buchte, appeals from a forty-five-day commitment order entered by a Pulaski County probate judge. Buchte contends that the commitment order was invalid because he did not appear nor was he represented at a probable-cause hearing as required by Ark. Code Ann. § 20-47-209 (Repl. 1991). The State acknowledges the invalidity of the forty-five-day commitment order. The State, however, requests we reverse and dismiss exclusively on the grounds that the Pulaski County probate court did not have jurisdiction to enter the order pursuant to our decision in…