People v. Valentine

The evidence was clear and convincing: Georgia Valentine was deluded; she had had hallucinations; her speech was impaired; she was irritable; she had attempted suicide; and she had been arrested for destroying a neighbor’s property. She was a person who needed involuntary admission to a mental institution under the Illinois Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. And, she was involuntarily admitted on a petition of a registered nurse and a certificate of a physician, pursuant to section 3 — 602 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code (Mental Health Code or the Act)…