Case Name: Andre BACON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1996-07-09
Citations: 676 So. 2d 69
Docket Number: No. 95-3723
Parties: Andre BACON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: BENTON and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 676
Pages: 69–69

Head Matter:
Andre BACON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 95-3723.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
July 9, 1996.
Louis 0. Frost, Jr., Public Defender; Ward L. Metzger, Assistant Public Defender, Jacksonville, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Wendy S. Morris, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
WOLF, Judge.
This is an appeal of an order for involuntary placement. The state failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that appellant will suffer from neglect without treatment, that there is a present threat of substantial harm to appellant's well being, or that he would harm others. Wade v. Northeast Florida State Hosp., 655 So.2d 125 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995) (statutory criteria of clear and convincing evidence was not met with regard to order of continued involuntary placement for mental-health treatment where order referred only to conclusory recitations of psychiatrist and was not supported by the record). The appealed order is, therefore, reversed.
BENTON and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., concur.