In Re the Mental Health of D.R.S.

D.R.S. appeals from an order of the Cascade County District Court committing him to Montana State Hospital. He argues that the evidence was insufficient to support the conclusion that he is seriously mentally ill. We affirm.

On November 5, 1982, Dana J. Minster, a clerk at Western Warehouse Foods in Great Falls, Montana, was the victim of an armed robbery. The two robbers took Minster behind a woodpile by the store, taped him up, covered him with wood and left him in the cold. He identified D.R.S. as the robber who taped him up while the other one threatened to shoot Minster if he didn’t tell…