In Re McMullins

WIEAND, Judge:

The issue in this appeal is one of first impression. Does section 406 of the Mental Health Procedures Act,1 which authorizes a court to order involuntary treatment “following an examination in aid of sentencing,” have application to juveniles who have been adjudicated delinquent? The Juvenile Court of Luzerne County held that it did and ordered that Troy McMullins, age 17, be committed “for inpatient psychiatric treatment to the forensic adolescent unit at Norristown State Hospital for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days.” The juvenile appealed. We affirm.

The present appeal…