The underlying issue in this case concerns the nature of the evidence which a jury properly may consider in determining whether a person is "gravely disabled" and, therefore, subject to a conservatorship proceeding and possible involuntary confinement under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS Act). (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5000 et seq.; unless otherwise designated, all further statutory references are to...
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