· 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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