People v. Dukes

Respondent, Leona Dukes, appeals from an order finding her in need of mental treatment, placing her in the custody of the Department of Mental Health, and ordering her hospitalized at Chicago-Reed Mental Health Center. Respondent contends on appeal that she was not proved to be in need of mental treatment, and that she was not proved dangerous to others or unable to take care of herself.

At the hearing on March 26,1976, the petitioner, Helen Davis, testified that respondent lived with her in petitioner’s house and helped with petitioner’s business. They were not related, and respondent…