IN RE ROBERT S.

No. 96773.

820 N.E.2d 424 (2004)

213 Ill.2d 30

289 Ill.Dec. 648

In re ROBERT S. (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellee, v. Robert S., Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 18, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff M. Plesko, William J. Conroy, Jr., Anthony E. Rothert and Teresa L. Berge, of the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, Rockford, for appellant.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield, and Meg Gorecki, State's Attorney, St. Charles (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, and Linda D. Woloshin and Colleen M. Griffin, Assistant Attorneys General, Chicago, of counsel), for the People.

Mark J. Heyrman, Chicago, and Anna Pervukhin, law student, for amici curiae Mental Health Association in Illinois and Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic Mental Health Project.


Justice RARICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Robert S., was found unfit to stand trial on a charge not specified in the record. He was admitted to the Elgin Mental Health Center (EMHC). Subsequently, respondent's treating psychiatrist filed a petition seeking the involuntary administration of psychotropic medication pursuant to section 2-107.1 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code (Code) (405 ILCS 5/2-107.1 (West 2000)). After...

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