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MATTER OF M.A.

Nos. 1-96-3216, 1-96-3217.

689 N.E.2d 138 (1997)

293 Ill. App.3d 995

228 Ill.Dec. 266

In re the Matter of M.A., (alleged to be a person subject to involuntary psychotropic medication), Respondent-Appellant. The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. M.A., Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied November 26, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Advocacy Service, Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, Ellen Holden Clark, Staff Attorney, William E. Coffin, Managing Attorney, and John B. Lower, Director, for Respondent-Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Robert Ruiz, Chief, Public Interest Bureau, Arthur M. Samuels, Supervisor, Mental Health, Sheila L. Sellers, Assistant State's Attorney, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Justice LEAVITT delivered the opinion of the court:

After a bench trial on August 20, 1996, M.A. was ordered to be involuntarily hospitalized for no more than six months with the Department of Mental Health pursuant to Illinois' Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code (the Code). 405 ILCS 5/1-119 (West 1996). After another bench trial on August 22, 1996, M.A. was ordered to involuntarily receive psychotropic medication for a period not to exceed 90 days...

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