IN RE MENTAL HEALTH OF D.L.T.

No. 02-555.

67 P.3d 189 (2003)

2003 MT 46

In the Matter of the MENTAL HEALTH OF D.L.T.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided March 14, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence A. LaFountain, Cascade County Public Defender, Great Falls, Montana, For Appellant.

Mike McGrath, Attorney General; Jennifer Anders, Assistant Attorney General, Helena, Montana, For Respondent.


Chief Justice KARLA M. GRAY delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 The Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, ordered D.L.T. involuntarily committed to the Montana State Hospital. D.L.T. appeals and we reverse.

¶ 2 The issue is whether the District Court erred by denying D.L.T.'s motion for a directed verdict.

¶ 3 D.L.T. was arrested in Polson, Montana, after allegedly assaulting her husband while on a family visit there, and...

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