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PEOPLE IN INTEREST OF M.K.M.

No. 87CA1244.

765 P.2d 1075 (1988)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner-Appellant, In the INTEREST OF M.K.M., Respondent-Appellee.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

November 17, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Carolyn Lievers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for petitioner-appellant.

Robert Freeman, Pueblo, for respondent-appellee.

TURSI, Judge.

The People appeal the denial of a petition seeking a court order forcing M.K.M., respondent, to undergo electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). We affirm.

Respondent was committed to the Colorado State Hospital after being certified for long-term care. He suffers from a severe form of manic-depressive illness which has proven unresponsive to extensive drug therapy. Respondent's doctors at the State Hospital believe ECT is the only treatment that will...

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