Legal Opinion
People in the Interest of Lynch
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided November 27, 1989No. 88SC198PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lohr
In People in Interest of Lynch, 757 P.2d 145 (Colo.App.1988), the Colorado Court of Appeals held that the failure to convene a hearing within ten days after the respondent, William Lynch, requested review of his certification for involuntary short-term mental health treatment pursuant to section 27-10-107, 11B C.R.S. (1989), deprived the district court of subject matter jurisdiction. We granted the People’s petition for certiorari, and we now reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.
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On June 23, 1986, William Lynch was detained by officers of the Platteville police department for…
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