During the hearing on a petition to involuntarily commit Lance H. for 180 days to the Chester Mental Health Center — a maximum security facility in Chester, 60 miles south of St. Louis — he testified he wanted to be voluntarily admitted. The judge’s decision to grant the petition — without considering Lance’s statement about a voluntary admission — sparked a noteworthy debate in the Illinois Supreme Court about the proper judicial response to this scenario. Section 3-400 of the …