People v. George O.

The respondent, George O., appeals from the Peoria County circuit court’s final order that he was subject to involuntary admission and ordering him hospitalized in the Zeller Mental Health Institute for 30 days. This court must decide the following question: Does the State’s failure to establish that it strictly complied with the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code’s (405 ILCS 5/1 — 100 et seq. (West 1994)) mandatory involuntary admission procedural safeguards warrant a reversal? Because we conclude that the State’s noncompliance with the statutorily prescribed involuntary…