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IN RE SCHAAP

No. 2-94-1284.

654 N.E.2d 1084 (1995)

274 Ill.App.3d 497

211 Ill.Dec. 274

In re Karen SCHAAP, Alleged to be a Person in Need of Involuntary Psychotropic Medication (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Karen Schaap, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

August 24, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara J. Sosin, Guardianship and Advocacy Com'n, Hines, Laurel Whitehouse Spahn, Legal Advocacy Ser., Guardianship & Advocacy Com'n, Chicago, for Karen Schaap.

Honorable David R. Akemann, Kane County State's Atty., St. Charles, William L. Browers, Deputy Director, Diane L. Campbell, State's Attys. Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.

Justice HUTCHINSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Karen Schaap, appeals the order of the circuit court of Kane County finding her to be a person in need of involuntary psychotropic medication. She contends that the State failed to prove its case by clear and convincing evidence, that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction, and that she was denied the effective assistance of counsel. We affirm.

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