Matter of Brazelton

Patricia Brazelton was the respondent to the State’s petition for involuntary commitment (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 91½, par. 3—701). On May 13, 1992, the circuit court of Vermilion County found the petition proved and Brazelton to be mentally ill and reasonably expected to inflict harm upon herself or another. The court ordered Brazelton committed to the Illinois Department of Mental Health.. This matter is .before us, not for resolution upon the merits, but on the motion of Brazelton’s appointed appellate counsel to withdraw. Counsel has filed a motion which concludes the record on appeal…