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IN RE WELFARE OF HOFMASTER

No. C1-88-2177.

434 N.W.2d 279 (1989)

In re the WELFARE OF James Vernon HOFMASTER.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

January 17, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Ecker, Faribault, for appellant Hofmaster.

Steven H. Alpert, Rice County Atty., Paige Snover, Asst. County Atty., Faribault, for respondent county.

Heard, considered and decided by WOZNIAK, C.J., and PARKER and SHORT, JJ.

OPINION

PARKER, Judge.

James Vernon Hofmaster appeals from a judgment committing him as mentally ill and dangerous to the public. He claims the overt act upon which Rice County relied in proving his dangerousness was too remote in time to meet the statutory requirement and was not a product of his present mental illness. We affirm.

FACTS

Hofmaster has a history of violent behavior. In 1977 he stabbed his wife, was convicted of felony assault...

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