IN RE PHILLIP E.

No. 5-07-0465.

895 N.E.2d 33 (2008)

In re PHILLIP E. (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Phillip E., Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

September 5, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara A. Goeben, Staff Attorney, Veronique Baker, Director, Legal Advocacy Service, Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, Alton, IL, for Appellant.

Darrell Williamson, Randolph County State's Attorney, Chester, Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Sharon Shanahan, Contract Attorney, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, IL, for Appellee.


Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Phillip E. appeals from the trial court's August 8, 2007, judgment concluding that he should remain subject to involuntary admission and "hospitalized in a Department of Human Services mental health or developmental center, which is the least restrictive environment currently appropriate and available." We reverse.

From the record, we note that Phillip E. was born in 1980 and has essentially been a part of...

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