State v. Smith

This is an involuntary commitment proceeding. Appellant seeks reversal of an order of the circuit court which found him to be mentally ill and committed him to the Mental Health Division for 180 days.

Appellant contends, first, that the notification of mental illness and report of pre-commitment investigation should have been dismissed because it was not based on probable cause, and, second, that the circuit court’s finding that appellant was mentally ill was not supported by the evidence. Although these two assignments of error are stated separately, they both present the same basic issue:…