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IN RE TAYLOR

Nos. 17-CO-174 & 18-CO-334.

241 A.3d 287 (2020)

IN RE Johnny TAYLOR and Brandon Byrd, Appellants.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 9, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chantal Jean-Baptiste for appellant Johnny Taylor.

Joshua Deahl , Public Defender Service at the time of argument, with whom Samia Fam and Jaclyn Frankfurt , Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant Brandon Byrd and for Public Defender Service, amicus curiae, in support of appellant Taylor.

Holly M. Johnson , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Karl A. Racine , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Loren L. AliKhan , Solicitor General, and Stacy L. Anderson , Acting Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for appellee the District of Columbia Department of Behavioral Health.

Before Glickman, Thompson, and Easterly, Associate Judges.

After finding appellants Taylor and Byrd incompetent to stand trial on criminal charges, the Superior Court committed them to Saint Elizabeths Hospital for treatment to restore them to competency. During their commitment, their treating psychiatrists requested the Hospital's permission to medicate them without their consent...

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