"Dangerous"
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case In the Matter of the Civil Commitment of T.K. v. Dep't of Veterans Affairs (2015)
Most recently applied in United States v. Christopher Perkins (May 2023)
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.1
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Sec. 53. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), "dangerous", for purposes of IC 12-26, means a condition in which an individual as a result of mental illness, presents a substantial risk that the individual will harm the individual or others.
(b) "Dangerous", for purposes of IC 12-26-5, means a condition in which an individual presents a substantial risk that the individual will harm the individual or others.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.