IN RE PETERSON

No. 4-82-0514.

113 Ill. App.3d 77 (1983)

446 N.E.2d 565

In re GERALD PETERSON. — (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Gerald Peterson, Respondent-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed March 3, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Derstine and Linda S. Ganski, both of Legal Advocacy Services, of Chicago, for appellant.

J. William Roberts, Sate's Attorney, of Springfield (Robert J. Biderman and Garry W. Bryan, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Service Commission, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE GREEN delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Gerald Peterson, appeals from a judgment entered by the circuit court of Sangamon County finding that he was a person "subject to involuntary admission" under section 1-119(1) of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code (Code) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 91 1/2, par. 1-119(1)) and ordering him to be hospitalized in the Department of Mental Health and Developmental...

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