IN RE MARK W.

No. 5-02-0461.

811 N.E.2d 767 (2004)

348 Ill.App.3d 1065

285 Ill.Dec. 280

In re MARK W., a Person Asserted to Be Subject to Involuntary Treatment With Psychotropic Medications (The People of the State of Illinois, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Mark W., Respondent-Appellant (The Department of Human Services, Intervenor-Appellee)).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

June 8, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff M. Plesko, Director, Anthony E. Rothert, Staff Attorney, Legal Advocacy Service, Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, Metro East Regional Office, Alton, for Appellant.

Bill Mudge, State's Attorney, Edwardsville; Norbert J. Goetten, Director, Stephen E. Norris, Deputy Director, Kevin D. Sweeney, Staff Attorney, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, Mt. Vernon, for the People.

Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Jan E. Hughes, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for the Department of Human Services.


Justice DONOVAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Respondent, Mark W., appeals from an order of the circuit court of Madison County granting the State's petition to involuntarily administer psychotropic medication to Mark W. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court's finding that section 2-107.1 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code (Mental Health Code) (405 ILCS 5/2-107.1 (West 2002)) is constitutional as applied to pretrial detainees...

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