Legal Opinion
Matter of Stokes
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 13, 1988No. 85-1249PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Associate Judge:
Gwendolyn Stokes was initially committed to Saint Elizabeths Hospital as an outpatient under the District of Columbia Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill Act, D.C. Code § 21-545 (b) (1981) (part of the “Ervin Act”). Subsequently, her outpatient status was revoked. On appeal, she contends the trial court denied her due process when it revoked her outpatient commitment without explicitly finding that indeterminate inpatient commitment was the least restrictive form of treatment. She also argues that the evidence of her mental illness and dangerousness was insufficient. We…
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