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IN RE PEOPLE IN INTEREST OF FREEMAN

No. 80CA1190.

636 P.2d 1334 (1981)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner-Appellee, In the Interest of Verna Marie FREEMAN, Respondent-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

October 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas Gradisar, Asst. Pueblo County Atty., Pueblo, for petitioner-appellee.

Robert W. Hanula, Montie L. Barringer, Pueblo, for respondent-appellant.

VAN CISE, Judge.

Respondent, Verna Marie Freeman (the patient), at the Colorado State Hospital (CSH) under short-term certification, appeals the September 19, 1980, order granting the People's petition to administer prescription medication against her will on the ground that the order as entered is overbroad. We agree, and direct that modifications be made in the order.

After an evidentiary hearing, the court found that the patient "cannot make proper decisions...

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