In Re Watson

CALABRIA, Judge.

Ronald Watson (“respondent”) appeals an involuntary commitment order requiring him to be committed to Central Regional Hospital (“Central”) for inpatient treatment for a period of thirty days, to be followed by outpatient treatment for sixty days. Respondent argues that the trial court erred by allowing him to represent himself at the involuntary commitment hearing or, in the alternative, the trial court erred by failing to conduct the statutorily required inquiry necessary to assure that his waiver of his constitutional right to counsel was knowing, intelligent and voluntary.…