Commonwealth Ex Rel. Gibson v. DiGiacinto

HESTER, Judge:

This is an appeal from the lower court’s order certifying Appellant’s involuntary commitment to a mental hospital under date of August 26, 1977 by the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County, Civil Division. In essence, the instant appeal is analogous with a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

The complex set of operative facts in this matter are as follows:

On January 14, 1977, Appellant was admitted to Easton Hospital pursuant to Section 302 of the Mental Health Procedures Act of 19761 for a period not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours. The cause for Appellant’s admission…