California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Angeletakis, 5 Cal.App.4th 963, 7 Cal.Rptr.2d 377 (Cal. App. 1992):
4 " '[C]ommitment for any purpose constitutes a significant deprivation of liberty that requires due process protection.' " (Jones v. United States (1983) 463 U.S. 354, 361, 103 S.Ct. 3043, 3048, 77 L.Ed.2d 694.)
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