Legal Opinion
In the Interest of Clinton
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided October 17, 1988No. 87SC200PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOHR, Justice.
In People in Interest of Clinton, 742 P.2d 946 (Colo.App.1987), the Colorado Court of Appeals held that the failure to appoint an attorney “forthwith” to represent the respondent, Wendy Ann Clinton, at a mental health certification proceeding deprived the district court of subject matter jurisdiction. We granted the People’s petition for certiorari, and we now reverse the judgment of the court of appeals.
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Wendy Ann Clinton was certified for short-term treatment pursuant to section 27-10-107, 11 C.R.S. (1982), on Friday, November 22, 1985. The certification was filed in the Weld…
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