LANSING, Judge.
In this appeal we address whether the Idaho statute authorizing the involuntary commitment of the mentally ill, I.C. § 66-329, applies to persons already being held in custody on criminal charges. We hold that the involuntary commitment statute does apply in this circumstance and that the district court in this case erred in preventing compliance with a magistrate's lawful order directing that the defendant be temporarily transferred to a mental...
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