Legal Opinion

In Re CPK

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided December 2, 1987No. 19502-CAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

516 So.2d 1323 (1987)

In re Judicial Commitment of C.P.K.

No. 19502-CA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

December 2, 1987.

Mental Health Advocacy Service by E. Paul Young, Shreveport, for appellant.

Joe Cusimano, Jr., Farmerville, for appellee.

Before SEXTON, NORRIS and LINDSAY, JJ.

NORRIS, Judge.

The respondent, C.P.K., was found to be suffering from mental illness and subjected to a judgment of involuntary judicial commitment. The issue is whether the trial court should have appointed an attorney from the Mental Health Advocacy Service to represent the respondent, C.P.K. We conclude…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Addington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. O'Connor v. DonaldsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Pixley v. BlacheLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1986
  4. In re Judicial Commitment of C.P.K.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1987

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