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KEYHEA v. RUSHEN

Docket No. A028586.

178 Cal.App.3d 526 (1986)

223 Cal. Rptr. 746

CANAL KEYHEA et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. RUTH RUSHEN et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

March 6, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Kristofer Jorstad, Gloria F. DeHart, Ralph M. Johnson, Kenneth C. Young and Bruce M. Slavin, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Appellants.

Peter E. Sheehan, Clifford C. Sweet and Steven Zieff for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

OPINION

KING, J.

In this case we hold that state prisoners presently have a statutory right to refuse long-term treatment with psychotropic drugs absent a judicial determination that they are incompetent to do so.

I. Introduction

Psychotropic (or antipsychotic) drugs1 have become a primary tool of public mental health professionals for...

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