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State v. O'CONNELL

Citations

  • 383 A.2d 624
  • 136 Vt. 43
  • 1978 Vt. LEXIS 683

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  • ruling that exception applies must be based on facts of case before court; fact that patient had been hospitalized on one prior occasion \does not necessarily vitiate the collateral consequences of the contested commitment\
  • ruling that exception applies must be based on facts of case before court; fact that patient had been hospitalized on one prior occasion “does not necessarily vitiate the collateral consequences of the contested commitment”
  • vacating commitment order because “trial court failed to make a finding of present mental illness”
  • negative collateral consequences can apply in mental health commitment cases because \[t]he legal disabilities radiating from the label of mentally incompetent are myriad\
  • negative collateral consequences can apply in mental health commitment cases because “[t]he legal disabilities radiating from the label of mentally incompetent are myriad”
  • failure to find present mental illness resulted in defective commitment procedure

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Judges: Barney, Daley, Larrow, Billings, Hill

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