Matter of McGaughey

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

This appeal is from a decision of the Minnesota Court of Appeals in which that court affirmed the trial court’s civil commitment of Andrew D. McGaughey as a mentally ill person. McGaughey argues that the record does not support by clear and convincing evidence the trial court’s finding that McGaughey poses a threat of physical harm either to himself or to others and that dual commitment to the Hennepin County Medical Center and the Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center was not the least restrictive alternative available. We reverse.

Appellant, Andrew McGaughey, is a…