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STATE v. KOTIS

No. 18823.

984 P.2d 78 (1999)

91 Hawai`i 319

STATE of Hawai`i, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William KOTIS, Defendant-Appellant Director of Health, Department of Health, State of Hawai`i, Party In Interest-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

Reconsideration Denied August 27, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Glenn Bettencourt, on the briefs, Honolulu, for the defendant-appellant William Kotis.

Donn Fudo, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, for the plaintiff-appellee State of Hawai`i.

Blair Goto and Heidi M. Rian, Deputy Attorneys General, for the party in interest-appellee Director of Health, Department of Health of the State of Hawai`i.

MOON, C.J., KLEIN, LEVINSON, NAKAYAMA, and RAMIL, JJ.

Opinion of the Court by LEVINSON, J.

The defendant-appellant William Kotis appeals from the order of the circuit court granting the motion of the director of health (the director) for an order authorizing the involuntary administration of antipsychotic medications. On appeal, Kotis argues that: (1) the circuit lacked authority to issue its order; (2) the circuit court's order violated Kotis's constitutionally-protected interest in being free from the involuntary administration...

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