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PEOPLE v. THOMAS

Docket No. A044707.

217 Cal.App.3d 1034 (1990)

266 Cal. Rptr. 295

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES THOMAS, Defendant and Appellant.

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

February 2, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

William A. Resneck, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Richard B. Iglehart, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Morris Lenk and Susan J. King, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

STEIN, J.

James Thomas, a prisoner at the California Medical Facility, appeals from the order of the superior court that he be administered psychotropic drugs involuntarily.

Thomas had been administered drugs pursuant to a court order which expired on October 15. He immediately refused to continue his medication, and within one month stopped eating and drinking, refused to wear clothing, stopped walking, and stopped...

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