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IN RE QAWI

No. A093094.

109 Cal.Rptr.2d 523 (2001)

90 Cal.App.4th 1192

In re Kanuri Surgury QAWI, on Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

Review Granted November 14, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

First District Appellate Project, Matthew Zwerling, Renee E. Torres, for Petitioner and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Pamela Smith-Steward, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Charlton G. Holland III, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Stephanie Wald, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Angela Botelho, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

SWAGER, Acting P.J.

We conclude that petitioner, as an adjudicated mentally disordered offender, has the right under Penal Code section 2972, subdivision (g), to refuse antipsychotic medication for his mental disorder, in the absence of a judicial determination of his incompetence to do so.1

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In August of 1991, petitioner was found...

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