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PEOPLE v. SWEIG

No. C057241.

167 Cal.App.4th 1145 (2008)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. TRAVIS WYLIE SWEIG, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

October 27, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, John G. McLean and Doris A. Calandra, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Aaron Williams for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

SCOTLAND, P. J.

This case illustrates a legislative oversight with regard to statutes intended to prevent persons with mental disorders from harming themselves or others.

(1) A person who is gravely disabled or a danger to others because of a mental disorder may be taken into custody and placed in a mental health facility "for 72-hour treatment and evaluation." (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5150.) If, when detained...

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