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IN RE MENTAL COMMITMENT OF M.P.

No. 49S02-8707-CV-704.

510 N.E.2d 645 (1987)

In re the MENTAL COMMITMENT OF M.P.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

July 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth J. Falk, Legal Services Organization of Indiana, Indianapolis, Diana R. Mitchell, Legal Services Organization of Indiana, Inc., Bloomington, for appellant.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Robert S. Spear, Chief Counsel, Indianapolis, for appellee.

Richard A. Waples, Indiana Civil Liberties Union, Dennis F. Cantrell, Mary Beth Claus, Daniel R. Fagan, Bingham Summers Welsh & Spilman, Indianapolis, for amicus curiae Indiana Civil Liberties Union.

DeBRULER, Justice.

We grant transfer in this case for the limited purpose of determining the extent of the right of an involuntarily committed mental patient to refuse treatment with anti-psychotic medication. App.Rule 11(B)(3). The Court of Appeals upheld the judgment of the Marion Municipal Court, Room No. 3, sanctioning the forcible administration of anti-psychotic medication, following a hearing precipitated in part...

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