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PEOPLE IN INTEREST OF MEDINA

No. 81CA0918.

662 P.2d 184 (1982)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner-Appellee, In the Interest of Joseph P. MEDINA, III, Respondent-Appellant, Colorado Department of Institutions, Intervenor.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 1982.

Certiorari Granted March 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Eckhardt, City Atty., Morris P. Evans, Asst. City Atty., Denver, for petitioner-appellee.

Frank P. Slaninger, Denver, for respondent-appellant.

J.D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Richard F. Hennessy, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary J. Mullarkey, Sol. Gen., Sarah Scott Sammons, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for intervenor.

VAN CISE, Judge.

Based on a finding of the trial court that he was mentally ill, and that he was not dangerous to himself but was dangerous to others, respondent, Joseph Paul Medina (the patient), was involuntarily committed to the Fort Logan Mental Health Center under long term certification. He appeals the order of the probate court, entered on the People's motion, authorizing administration of antipsychotic medication without his consent and over his objections...

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