PER CURIAM.
Petitioner was involuntarily committed to the Arkansas State Hospital and asks this Court to free him by a writ of habeas corpus or by a writ of mandamus ordering respondent Probate Judge David Bogard to set him free.
On March 19, 1981, Act 593 of 1981 became effective. Section 5(b)(2) provides that the presence of a respondent to an involuntary commitment need not be required at the initial, or probable cause hearing, if the trial judge makes...
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