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MATTER OF PERNELL

No. 3588.

590 P.2d 638 (1979)

92 N.M. 490

In the Matter of Lillian PERNELL, an alleged mentally ill Individual. STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lillian PERNELL, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

January 16, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick H. Sherman, Sherman & Sherman, Deming, for defendant-appellant.

Jeff Bingaman, Atty. Gen., Leslie D. Ringer, Chief Counsel, Patrick Lauth, Asst. Counsel, Santa Fe, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

WOOD, Chief Judge.

This appeal involves the involuntary commitment of Pernell to the New Mexico State Hospital for evaluation and treatment, not to exceed thirty days. Statutory references to the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code are either to N.M.S.A. 1978 or to N.M.S.A. 1978 (Supp. 1978). A variety of contentions are presented. Compare Lynch v. Baxley, 386 F.Supp. 378 (M.D.Ala. 1974)...

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