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IN RE K.K.B.

No. 51467.

609 P.2d 747 (1980)

In re the Mental Health of K.K.B.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied April 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Hogshead, Tulsa, for appellant.

Christopher A. Hansen, New York Civil Liberties Union, New York City, for amicus curiae.

Wesley G. Gibson, Chief Counsel, State Dept. of Mental Health, Oklahoma City, for appellee.

DOOLIN, Justice:

This appeal involves the right of a legally competent person involuntarily committed to a medical facility pursuant to 43A O.S. 1978 Supp. § 54.1, to refuse to consent to the administration of certain anti-psychotic drugs.

In July 1977, K.K.B., after a jury trial, was ordered admitted to Eastern State Hospital at Vinita, Oklahoma, as a person in need of treatment defined by statute. After her...

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