Riley v. State

This is an appeal from an involuntary commitment order rendered on May 24, 1989 by the Lauderdale County Probate Court against Benjamin Franklin Riley IV.

John C. Harris, Jr., and Steve R. Graham, general conservator and district attorney, respectively, for Lauderdale County, filed a petition for the involuntary commitment of Riley, the appellant herein. A guardian ad litem was appointed for Riley.

After a hearing, the probate court found that Riley is mentally ill, poses a real and present threat of substantial harm to himself or others, that there is treatment for his illness and confinement…