Legal Opinion

In re Brown

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided March 28, 1985No. 84-388PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKing, C.J.

This is an appeal of an order of the Grafton County Probate Court {Boyle, J.), involuntarily committing Arthur M. Brown to the New Hampshire Hospital, pursuant to RSA chapter 135-B (1977 and Supp. 1983), for a period not to exceed two years, due to mental illness which created a potentially serious likelihood *311of danger to himself and others. See RSA 135-B:26. Mr. Brown argues on appeal that the committal procedures violated his due process rights and that the probate court’s findings were erroneous. We disagree and affirm.

Mr. Brown was seventy-eight years old when he was arrested in Bristol…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Proctor v. ButlerSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1977
  4. State v. HudsonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1981
  5. Opinion of the JusticesSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1983

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In re Richard A.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 2001
  2. In re SanbornSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1988
  3. In re FasiSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1989
  4. In re PerleySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1993

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