In re Brown
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
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…
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