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SIKES v. STATE

No. A96A0522.

472 S.E.2d 101 (1996)

221 Ga. App. 595

SIKES v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied May 31, 1996.

Certiorari Granted October 11, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcus & Cullen, Frances E. Cullen, Jill L. Anderson, Atlanta, James C. Bonner, Jr., Decatur, Debra J. Blum, Atlanta, for appellant.

David McDade, Dist. Atty., William H. McClain, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

McMURRAY, Presiding Judge.

Hershel Leonard Sikes, who was found not guilty of theft by shoplifting by reason of insanity, appeals from an order denying a petition for his release from involuntary commitment to the Georgia Department of Human Resources ("DHR"). In so ruling, the trial court recognized that Sikes suffers with a permanent mental disability which, without treatment, manifests the sort of behavior which led to Sikes' insanity plea and determined that ...

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