Attorney Clay Patton follows through on promise to help mentally disabled client
November 5, 2020
Clay Patton helped provided his client bus fare to help him receive the mental health treatment he needed in an area close to family.
After being found mentally ill, Attorney Clay Patton helped to find a solution to this client's situation by providing him with bus fare so he could receive mental health treatment close to family.
When a person has mental health issues it is important they have support around them. In this case the defendant was originally from Philadelphia and had family in that area who could support him as he dealt with his mental challenges.
The client had entered a plea of guilty but mentally ill and the court was unsure how to proceed with sentencing knowing the client would not receive the mental health care he needed while in prison, and was likely a risk if given probation.
Attorney Patton argued that the system had failed his client when he was a foster child and was failing him again as an adult with no prior criminal history. He called for releasing his client immediately and offered to pay his way to return to Pennsylvania where he would at least have the support of family members.
Attorney Patton not only paid for the bus fare for his client, but also followed through to make sure he had safely made it to Philadelphia so his family had a chance to help get the man the mental health care he so desperately needed.
Read the full article in the NW Indiana Times here: https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/attorney-follows-through-on-offer-to-get-mentally-challenged-client-back-home/article_abc519b7-d26a-545d-883d-2a017712a4d2.html
When a person has mental health issues it is important they have support around them. In this case the defendant was originally from Philadelphia and had family in that area who could support him as he dealt with his mental challenges.
The client had entered a plea of guilty but mentally ill and the court was unsure how to proceed with sentencing knowing the client would not receive the mental health care he needed while in prison, and was likely a risk if given probation.
Attorney Patton argued that the system had failed his client when he was a foster child and was failing him again as an adult with no prior criminal history. He called for releasing his client immediately and offered to pay his way to return to Pennsylvania where he would at least have the support of family members.
Attorney Patton not only paid for the bus fare for his client, but also followed through to make sure he had safely made it to Philadelphia so his family had a chance to help get the man the mental health care he so desperately needed.
Read the full article in the NW Indiana Times here: https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/attorney-follows-through-on-offer-to-get-mentally-challenged-client-back-home/article_abc519b7-d26a-545d-883d-2a017712a4d2.html
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