IN RE JONES

No. 5-99-0760.

743 N.E.2d 1090 (2001)

318 Ill.App.3d 1023

252 Ill.Dec. 934

In re Emmett JONES, Alleged to be a Person Subject to the Involuntary Administration of Psychotropic Medication (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Emmett Jones, Respondent-Appellant). In re Kimbra Wheeler, Alleged to be a Person Subject to Involuntary Admission (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Kimbra Wheeler, Respondent-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

February 2, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony E. Rothert, Staff Attorney, Jeff M. Plesko, Director, Legal Advocacy Service, Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, Alton, Attorneys for Appellants.

William Haine, State's Attorney, Edwardsville; Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, James R. Benson, Contract Attorney, State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, in the case of People v. Jones.

William Haine, State's Attorney, Madison County, Edwardsville; Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, T. David Purcell, Staff Attorney, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, in the case of People v. Wheeler.


JUSTICE KUEHN delivered the opinion of the court:

Emmett Jones appeals from an order of the circuit court of Madison County authorizing the administration of psychotropic medication to him. Kimbra Wheeler appeals from an order of the circuit court of Madison County subjecting her to involuntary admission. These appeals have been consolidated for review. We reverse.

On October 26, 1999, Jagannah Patil, M.D., Jones...

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