People v. Vancil

The respondent, Vernon J. Vancil, was involuntarily committed to a mental health hospital (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 911/2, par. 1 — 119). The trial court subsequently found that the respondent was still subject to involuntary admission and entered an order continuing his hospitalization in the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities. The respondent appeals, arguing among other things that the petition for continuation of his involuntary admission was not timely filed.

The record shows that on June 16, 1988, the trial court initially found that the respondent was subject to…