IN RE WATSON

No. COA10-365.

706 S.E.2d 296 (2011)

In the Matter of Ronald WATSON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 15, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper , by Assistant Attorney General Susannah B. Cox , Butner, for the State.

Appellate Defender Staples Hughes , by Assistant Appellate Defender Kristen L. Todd , Durham, for respondent-appellant.


CALABRIA, Judge.

Ronald Watson ("respondent") appeals an involuntary commitment order requiring him to be committed to Central Regional Hospital ("Central") for inpatient treatment for a period of thirty days, to be followed by outpatient treatment for sixty days. Respondent argues that the trial court erred by allowing him to represent himself at the involuntary commitment hearing or, in the alternative, the trial court erred by failing to conduct the statutorily...

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