In re R.G.

OPINION BY

SHOGAN, J.:

Appellant, R.G., appeals from the order denying his request to have 50 P.S. §§ 7301(b)(1) and 7304 of the Mental Health Procedures Act (“MHPA”), 50 P.S. *514§ 7101 et seq., declared unconstitutional. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Appellant killed bis wife and unborn child, stabbed his grandmother with a butcher knife, and gouged out the eye of his five year-old daughter in 1978. After a bench trial in 1980, he was found not criminally responsible for the crimes charged (murder and attempted murder). On June 18,1981, he was involuntarily committed to Norristown State…