In Re Interest of Wickwire

NATURE OF CASE

The Lancaster County District Court, sitting as an appellate court pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 83-1043 (Reissue 1999), affirmed a decision of the Lancaster County Mental Health Board (Board) and dismissed the State’s petition seeking to have David Wickwire committed as a mentally ill dangerous person. The State appeals.

SCOPE OF REVIEW

Statutory interpretation presents a question of law, in connection with which an appellate court has an obligation to reach an independent conclusion irrespective of the decision made by the court below. Raney v. Blecha, 258 Neb. 731, 605 N.W.2d…