Legal Opinion

Salas v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided December 12, 1979No. 13152PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a temporary hospitalization commitment of the appellant, Richard Salas, pursuant to the Mental Health Code. Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. arts. 5547-31 to 5547-39d.

Appellant is before this Court on three points of error, which are, in summary, that: the trial court lacked jurisdiction to commit the appellant; the court erred in admitting the testimony of appellant’s treating physician; and that the court erred in concluding that the State had proved by clear and convincing evidence that the appellant required hospitalization. We disagree with point of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

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  2. Government Personnel Mutual Life Insurance v. WearTexas Supreme Court · 1952
  3. Newsom v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1963
  4. Duval Corporation v. SadlerTexas Supreme Court · 1966
  5. Broom v. Tyler County Commissioners CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Dickens v. Court of Appeals for the Second Supreme Judicial District of TexasCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  2. Stanfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1986
  3. King v. Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1986
  4. Jones v. State Ex Rel. JonesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980
  5. C. J. P. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1983

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