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MATTER OF VENEGAS

No. 3-90-0610.

578 N.E.2d 43 (1991)

218 Ill. App.3d 423

160 Ill.Dec. 864

In the Matter of Patrick VENEGAS (Asserted to be a Person Subject to Involuntary Admission) (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Patrick Venegas, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

As Modified August 26, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Penelope Karnes' Legal Advocacy Service, Jeff Plesko, Managing Atty. Legal Advocacy Service, Carbondale, for Patrick Venegas.

Rita Kennedy Mertel, States' Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Kevin W. Lyons, States Atty., John X. Breslin, Deputy Director State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Ottawa, for the people.

OPINION

GORMAN, Justice, delivered the opinion of the court.

The trial court ordered Patrick Venegas to be involuntarily admitted to the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities for a period not to exceed 60 days. The respondent appeals that order. We reverse.

The record shows that on July 20, 1990, a petition for the involuntary admission of Patrick Venegas was filed. At the hearing on the petition, Dr. Sreehari Patiblanda testified...

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