IN RE NANCY M.

No. 2-99-1252.

739 N.E.2d 607 (2000)

317 Ill.App.3d 167

250 Ill.Dec. 844

In re NANCY M., Alleged to be a Person Subject to Involuntary Medication (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Nancy M., Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

November 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa L. Berge, of Guardianship & Advocacy Commission, Rockford, and Lisa Y. Chalem, of Guardianship & Advocacy Commission, Hines, and William E. Coffin, of Guardianship & Advocacy Commission, Chicago, for appellant.

David R. Akemann, State's Attorney, of St. Charles (Martin P. Moltz and Diane L. Campbell, both of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of counsel), for the People.


Justice HUTCHINSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Nancy M., appeals the trial court's order authorizing the involuntary administration of three specific psychotropic medications. On appeal, respondent contends that the order must be reversed because (1) she was denied her due process right to have the jury adequately instructed in the law; (2) she was denied her right to have the jury determine whether the benefits of the three proposed medications...

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