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IN RE D.J.M.

158 N.J. Super. 497 (1978)

386 A.2d 870

IN THE MATTER OF D.J.M.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John J. Ensminger argued the cause for appellant (Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Advocate, attorney; Messrs. Edgar Devine and Michael L. Perlin, of counsel and on the brief).

Mr. Neil G. Markowitz argued the cause for respondent Essex County Hospital Center (Mr. Peter G. Stewart, Essex County Counsel, attorney).

Before Judges ALLCORN, MORGAN and HORN.

The opinion of the court was delivered by HORN, J.A.D.

The single issue raised in this appeal is whether, in a routine review of the civil commitment of a mental patient, that patient, acting through the Public Advocate, may inject into the proceedings, without notice, the question of the quality of the medical care that he is receiving in the public institution to which he is confined.

The trial judge held...

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