2005 Minnesota Statutes - 145.698 — Confinement of drug dependent person.

     145.698 Confinement of drug dependent person. 


    Subdivision 1.    Authority.  When a person has been 
 accused of violating any state or local law or ordinance in 
 district court, and if it appears to the court that the 
 defendant may be a drug dependent person, or by reason of the 
 repeated use of drugs may not be responsible for that person's 
 actions, the court may adjourn the proceedings and order the 
 county attorney to file a petition for commitment of the 
 defendant pursuant to chapter 253B, the Minnesota Commitment and 
 Treatment Act, for confinement in a hospital, a mental health 
 center, the Willmar Regional Treatment Center or other drug 
 treatment facility until such time as the court feels that such 
 person can be returned to the court. 


    Subd. 2.    Stay; commitment.  Upon conviction of a 
 defendant for any crime, or following revocation of probation 
 previously granted whether or not sentence has been imposed, if 
 it appears to the court that the defendant may be a drug 
 dependent person, or by reason of the repeated use of drugs may 
 be in imminent danger of becoming addicted, the court may 
 adjourn the proceedings or suspend imposition or execution of 
 sentence and order the county attorney to file a petition for 
 commitment of the defendant pursuant to chapter 253B until the 
 court feels that the person is no longer in need of 
 institutional care and treatment.  


    HIST: 1971 c 892 s 11; 1983 c 247 s 62; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 384 
 art 1 s 49; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 11; 2000 c 260 s 22