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PEOPLE EX REL. BOOK v. HOOKER

Docket No. 77-2533.

83 Mich. App. 495 (1978)

268 N.W.2d 698

PEOPLE ex rel. BOOK v. HOOKER

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided May 22, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Robert F. Leonard, Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Richard M. Barron, for defendant on appeal.

Before: ALLEN, P.J., and V.J. BRENNAN and M.F. CAVANAGH, JJ.

ALLEN, P.J.

In order to justify a 90-day recommitment order under § 472(2) of the Michigan Mental Health Code MCL 330.1472; MSA 14.800(472), must the petitioner show that the patient is a "person requiring treatment" (hereinafter PRT) as defined in § 401 of the code, i.e., mentally ill and dangerous to himself or others? Or is a lower standard under which the people are required to prove only that the patient "continues to require treatment" sufficient...

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