People v. Lance H.

The respondent, Lance H., was involuntarily committed to the Chester Mental Health Center (Chester) on November 26, 2008. The respondent appeals, raising four points: (1) the State has neither the constitutional authority nor the statutory authority to civilly commit an asymptomatic individual, (2) the State’s failure to present clear and convincing evidence of the statutory elements for an involuntary commitment violated the respondent’s due process rights, (3) if the trial court properly committed the respondent, then the trial court violated the respondent’s constitutional right to…