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PEOPLE v. TAYLOR

No. 79SA67.

618 P.2d 1127 (1980)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Donna TAYLOR, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

October 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrance Farina, Dist. Atty., Arthur R. Smith, Chief Deputy Dist. Atty., Grand Junction, for petitioner-appellant.

Nelson, Hoskin, Groves & Prinster, P. C., Jon E. Getz, William H. Kain, III, Grand Junction, for respondent-appellee.

Lawrence W. Treece, Denver, for Colorado Lawyers Committee, amicus curiae.

Anthony F. Renzo, Denver, for ACLU Foundation, amicus curiae.

Randall Swanson, James Dean, Denver, for Legal Aid Society of Metropolitan Denver, Inc., amicus curiae.

Betty L. Nordwind, Denver, for Colorado Bar Office for the Mentally Disabled, amicus curiae.

ROVIRA, Justice.

This is an appeal from the district court's dismissal of the proceeding to confirm the certification of the respondent, Donna Taylor, for short-term treatment at the Colorado State Hospital, pursuant to section 27-10-107, C.R.S.1973. In response to a motion filed by respondent, the trial court ruled that the Colorado statutes providing for an individual's involuntary psychiatric treatment in a confined institutional setting are unconstitutional, that...

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