PEOPLE IN INTEREST OF R.C.

Court of Appeals No. 19CA0647.

451 P.3d 1229 (2019)

2019 COA 99M

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Petitioner-Appellee, IN the INTEREST OF R.C., Respondent-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. IV.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing July 25, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia Mitchell , County Attorney, Kate H. Shafer , Special Assistant County Attorney, Pueblo, Colorado, for Petitioner-Appellee.

The Law Firm of John L. Rice, John L. Rice , Pueblo, Colorado, for Respondent-Appellant.


¶ 1 Appellant, R.C., appeals the district court's order authorizing mental health personnel to medicate him involuntarily. We reverse.

I. Background

¶ 2 R.C. was committed to the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo (CMHIP) after being found incompetent to proceed in a criminal case. A...

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