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BELL v. STATE

35082.

244 Ga. 211 (1979)

259 S.E.2d 465

BELL v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 10, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Myers, Parks & Fennessy, Michael A. Fennessy, for appellant.

Claude N. Morris, District Attorney, Howard S. McKelvey, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, for appellee.

MARSHALL, Justice.

In this proceeding under the provisions of Code Ann. § 27-1503 (b) (Ga. L. 1977, pp. 1293, 1295) on the appellant's application for her release from the custody of the Department of Human Resources, the evidence authorized the trial court's finding adverse to releasing the appellant on the ground that she meets the civil commitment criterion of Code Ann. § 88-501 (v) (Ga. L. 1978, pp. 1789, 1790).

The probative value of the testimony...

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