IN RE BARRY B.

No. 2-97-0691.

693 N.E.2d 882 (1998)

295 Ill. App.3d 1080

230 Ill.Dec. 404

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

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

April 13, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa L. Berge (Court-appointed), Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, Rockford, William E. Coffin, John B. Lower and Ellen Holden Clark (Court-appointed), Guardianship & Advocacy Commission, Chicago, for Barry B.

David R. Akemann, Kane County State's Attorney, St. Charles, Martin P. Moltz, Deputy Director, Diane L. Campbell, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Elgin, for the People.


Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Barry B., appeals the order of the circuit court of Kane County which granted the State's petition to involuntarily administer psychotropic medication to respondent. We affirm.

The facts relevant to our decision are briefly stated as follows. Respondent was a voluntary recipient of mental health care at the Elgin Mental Health Center (EMHC). Respondent refused to take psychotropic medication. Thus...

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