KOLOCOTRONIS v. RITTERBUSCH

No. WD 34147.

667 S.W.2d 430 (1984)

Cyril Anthana KOLOCOTRONIS, Appellant, v. James K. RITTERBUSCH, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

As Modified March 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Berg, Mid-Missouri Legal Services, Columbia, for appellant.

John Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., JoAnn Leykam, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Before PRITCHARD, P.J., and SHANGLER and BERREY, JJ.


BERREY, Judge.

This case concerns the statutory right of an involuntarily committed mental patient to refuse antipsychotic medication. Appellant, a patient at the Fulton State Hospital, filed a petition for injunction in the Circuit Court, Probate Division, of Callaway County to terminate the administration of prolixin and the proposed administration of lithium carbonate. In his petition, appellant contends that he is within the ambit of § 630.180, RSMo.1980...

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