People v. Evans

Respondent, David Evans, appeals the September 14,1979, order of the circuit court of Macon County finding him to be a mentally ill person subject to involuntary admission and ordering him hospitalized in the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities all pursuant to the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 91%, par. 1 — 100 et seq.). He does not dispute that he was shown to be mentally ill, but asserts that the proof of his being subject to involuntary admission did not meet the “clear and convincing” requirement of section 3 — 808 of…