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· 7/17/1981

Matter of Mendoza

Citations

  • 433 A.2d 1069
  • 1981 D.C. App. LEXIS 323

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding involuntary “commitment is partly based on a prediction of future conduct”
  • while in hospital the patient made various threats and experienced episodes of violence

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Judges: Newman, Kern, Nebeker

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