United States v. Charles F. Whiton

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• noting that the court should seek guidance from state law \because it will almost always be the case that a prior commitment will have occurred pursuant to state law\
• seizing upon judge’s use of the term “committed” to find that a defendant had been “committed to a mental institution”
• “[D]issimilar treatment of dissimilarly situated persons does not violate equal protection.” (citation omitted) (internal quotation marks omitted)
• defendant was \committed\ for pur- poses of § 922(g)(4) where following an evidentiary hearing, a state court judge found defendant to be mentally ill and orally ordered him \committed\ to the hospital for temporary mental health services

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