Legal Opinion
In re the Commitment of F.H.
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided July 23, 1992Published
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
COHEN, R.S., J.A.D.
F.H. was sentenced for a sex crime to a term at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center. Because there was no available bed there, he was temporarily confined as a state prisoner at the Ocean County Jail. After a suicide attempt, F.H. was involuntarily committed, on the application of the acting warden of the jail, to the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Trenton, a state hospital. He remained there until his discharge 42 days later.
The Law Division judge ordered that a $10,454.64 lien be placed on F.H.’s property for his care at…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social ServicesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Bowring v. GodwinCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Daniel Howard Bee v. Dr. Keith Greaves, Medic Keith Hughes and Dr. Robert GreerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1984
- Ellen Torraco, Etc. v. Michael Maloney, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
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