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IN RE JAMES

No. 84-1752.

507 A.2d 155 (1986)

In re Francinee JAMES, Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurie B. Davis, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C., with whom James Klein and Mark Carlin, Public Defender Service, were on brief, for appellant.

Alan Cohen, with whom Barbara J. Matthews, Staff Atty., Saint Elizabeths Hosp., Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before BELSON, TERRY and ROGERS, Associate Judges.

ROGERS, Associate Judge:

The issue in this appeal is whether the trial court must make an explicit finding that inpatient treatment is the least restrictive alternative before revoking a patient's outpatient commitment pursuant to the District of Columbia Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill Act, D.C.Code § 21-501 et seq. (1981). Because the revocation directly affects a patient's conditional liberty interest, we hold a finding is required. Accordingly, since...

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