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- Title: State Texas v. Frank O'Neal Addington
- Author : The Supreme Court of Texas No. B-6597
- Release Date : January 03, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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Per Curiam This case involves the determination of the proper standard of proof to be employed to indefinitely commit an individual under the Texas Mental Health Code, TEX. REV. CIV. STAT. ANN. art 5547-1, et. seq. We hold that the State must prove its case by clear and convincing evidence. The judgment of the court of civil appeals is reversed and the judgment of the trial court is affirmed. The State of Texas filed a petition in the probate court to have Frank O'Neal Addington indefinitely committed to a mental hospital. The probate court submitted the case on special issues, and the jury found by clear, unequivocal and convincing evidence that Addington was mentally ill and that he required hospitalization in a hospital for his own welfare and the protection of others. Addington was accordingly committed to the Austin State Hospital.