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MATTER OF COLBERT

No. C9-90-1603.

464 N.W.2d 505 (1991)

In the Matter of DeWayne COLBERT.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 18, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L.H. Lubov, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Thomas L. Johnson, Hennepin County Atty., Elizabeth V. Cutter, Asst. Hennepin County Atty., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.

WAHL, Justice.

The issue presented by this appeal is when a 12-month continued commitment of a person as mentally ill should be deemed to have commenced where the continuation hearing is not held as early as the commitment statute mandates but is delayed as a result of an appeal by the county. Disagreeing with the court of appeals, we hold that the 12-month continued commitment should be deemed to have commenced when the continuation hearing should have been held...

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