Sentence examples for committed involuntary from inspiring English sources

Some well-intentioned staffer committed involuntary duckslaughter when one duckling choked on the granola she had fed it.

"While we are disappointed the judge chose to stay the sentence, we remain steadfast in our belief that Michelle Carter committed involuntary manslaughter and needs to be held responsible," she said.

To prove that Porter committed involuntary manslaughter, his attorneys say, prosecutors must show that his conduct deviated significantly from what an officer would reasonably have done.

Adults can be committed to involuntary psychiatric care only if they are mentally ill (= psychotic), and fullfil the additional criteria.

To get a certificate, buyers would need to be fingerprinted, take a firearms training course, undergo national criminal background check and a review to determine whether they had been committed on an involuntary or voluntary basis to a psychiatric hospital.

Federal police in São Paulo said the two, Joseph Lepore of Bay Shore, N.Y., and Jan Paladino of Westhampton, N.Y., had been charged with "exposing a ship or airship to danger," a crime committed "in the involuntary mode," a statement said.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the conviction but directed the trial judge to clarify whether Mr. Regnier and Mr. Velazquez committed voluntary or involuntary manslaughter or second-degree murder, which carries a stiffer penalty.

In 2009, Barton was finally committed on an involuntary psychiatric hold after blacking out under the influence of a sedative.

Some just "tic", give involuntary gestures.

Just three weeks earlier, on Jan . 4 the police "observed him to be mentally ill and dangerous to others," said Dr. Jeffrey Rouse, the chief deputy coroner, who signed the papers committing Mr. Johnson to involuntary treatment.

In 1867, a policeman named Armand Barbier arrested Norton to commit him to involuntary treatment for a mental disorder.