Legal Opinion
In Re Melton
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 4, 1991No. 85-1589PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON REHEARING EN BANC
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
This case presents interesting and vigorously contested issues which apparently arise with some frequency in civil commitment proceedings brought pursuant to the Ervin Act, D.C.Code §§ 21-501 to 21-592 (1989). Appellant Tommie Lee Melton is a 44-year-old man, diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, who has frequently been hospitalized on account of his illness. On October 25, 1985, following a jury trial, Melton was found to be likely to injure himself or others1 within the meaning of D.C.Code § 21-521 (1989). The trial judge committed Melton to the…
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