Matter of Mental Health of T.M.

¶1 T.M. was committed by the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, to the Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs for a period not to exceed ninety days. This period of commitment was to be followed by an outpatient treatment regimen to be administered by the Benefis Health Care psychiatric facility in Great Falls. T.M. appeals the commitment order and seeks dismissal of this case.

¶2 We restate the issues on appeal as follows:

¶3 1) Whether T.M.’s counsel was ineffective in failing to secure a

continuance of the trial so he could attempt to locate an expert witness to testify regarding…