People v. Robinson

Following separate hearings in the circuit court of Kane County, a trial judge ordered Phillip Robinson and Paul Murphy involuntarily admitted to the Elgin Mental Health Center. The appellate court reversed the involuntary admission orders in both cases, citing the State’s failure to comply with certain requirements of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 91½, par. 1 — 100 et seq.) (the Code). We granted the State’s petitions for leave to appeal (134 Ill. 2d R. 315), and consolidated the cases for review.

The appeUate court held that the order for…