SABON v. PEOPLE

No. 19063.

350 P.2d 576 (1960)

Fred J. SABON, Plaintiff in Error, v. PEOPLE of Colorado, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, In Department.

April 4, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isaac Mellman, Gerald N. Mellman, Bernard H. Thorn, Denver, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., John E. Bush, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.


DAY, Justice.

Adjudication of mental illness by a jury in the county court, resulting in commitment of Fred J. Sabon to the Colorado State Hospital at Pueblo, is the judgment sought to be reversed by this writ of error.

In preliminary proceedings instituted as a result of a complaint by Sabon's wife, a medical commission, appointed according to the statute, made findings that Sabon was mentally ill. He thereupon demanded jury trial as provided in C.R.S. '53...

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