People v. Guthrie

The trial court found that the respondent, James Guthrie, was a person subject to involuntary admission and ordered him hospitalized in the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 911/2, par. 1—119(2)). The respondent appeals, arguing among other things that the petition to involuntarily commit him was not timely filed.

The record shows that on January 18, 1989, the respondent was admitted to Zeller Mental Health Center, apparently as a voluntary patient. On February 14, 1989, the State filed a petition, with the required certificates, for the…