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?

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In Addington v. Texas, the Supreme Court ruled that before the state can commit an individual for involuntary hospitalization, it must prove the person's need for such treatment by a clear and convincing standard of proof. This means that the evidence presented must be highly and substantially more likely to be true than not true.

A Prosecutor Is Petitioning the Court to Commit an Individual