In Re the Treatment of Albright

Pierron, J.:

This is the proposed patient’s appeal from an order of the district court ordering him into treatment at Osawatomie State Hospital pursuant to K.S.A. 59-2901 et seq., “The Treatment Act For Mentally 111 Persons.”

The proposed patient, James K. Albright, was ordered into treatment at Osawatomie State Hospital after a jury found he was a mentally ill person and likely to cause harm to himself or others.

Albright, a 33-year-old male, has suffered from schizophrenia since 1985. He has been treated for the condition a number of times. In May 1991, he was released from C.P.C. College…