Legal Opinion
In re Mental Health of D. B. W.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided August 14, 1980No. 51186PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HODGES, Justice.
This is an appeal from the order of the trial court committing the appellant, D.B.W., involuntarily to Central State Griffin Memorial Hospital. It is asserted by D.B.W. that the commitment was in error because he was not afforded the procedural safeguards provided by 43A O.S.Supp.1977 §§ 54.1, 55.2, and that these provisions, even had they been invoked, are not constitutionally adequate.
On June 4, 1977, at 8:30 p. m., D.B.W. was taken into custody by the Oklahoma City Police Departmént. According to the police report, D.B.W. was standing in the middle of 63rd and Kelley…
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