Matter of Gonzalez

OPINION

FOLEY, Judge.

A petition to commit appellant Antonio Ricardo Gonzalez as mentally ill was filed. The trial court, after a hearing, committed appellant as mentally ill to the Anoka-Met-ro Regional Treatment Center. Gonzalez appeals.

FACTS

Appellant was discharged from the Hen-nepin County Medical Center. Randy Swanson, a senior psychiatric social worker with the Hennepin County Mental Health Center, met with appellant for an intake assessment and medication follow-up on October 25 and November 15 and 16, 1989. On the November 15, Swanson observed appellant exhibiting pressured speech,…