Sabon v. People

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Day.

Adjudication of mental illness by a jury in the county court, resulting in commitment of Fred J. Sabon to the Colorado State Hospital at Pueblo, is the judgment sought to be reversed by this writ of error.

In preliminary proceedings instituted as a result of a complaint by Sabon’s wife, a medical commission, appointed according to the statute, made findings that Sabon was mentally ill. He thereupon demanded jury trial as provided in C.R.S. ’53, 71-1-13 (Cum. Supp. 1957), and it is to alleged errors in that trial that our attention is directed.

The only points in the…