A Prosecutor Is Petitioning the Court to Commit an Individual

Multiple Choice

A prosecutor is petitioning the court to commit an individual the state considers to require hospitalization. The prosecutor's supervisor instructs him to read the case of Addington v. Texas. What will he find when he reads this case that is essential to his presentation to a judge?

A) The state cannot commit a person for more than one month.
B) Decisions to institutionalize people are based on a psychological battery.
C) The state must provide evidence that the individual is psychotic before it can institutionalize him.
D) The state must prove the person needs hospitalization by a clear and convincing standard of proof.