IN RE BENNY M.

Docket No. 120133.

104 N.E.3d 313 (2017)

2017 IL 120133

IN RE BENNY M. (The People of the State of Illinois, Appellant, v. Benny M., Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Madigan , Attorney General, of Springfield, and Joseph H. McMahon , State's Attorney, of St. Charles ( David L. Franklin , Solicitor General, and Richard S. Huszagh , Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, and Patrick Delfino , Lawrence M. Bauer , and Diane L. Campbell , of State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's Office, of Elgin, of counsel), for the People.

Veronique Baker , Ann Krasuski , and Laurel Spahn , of the Legal Advocacy Service of the Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission, of Hines, for appellee.


OPINION

¶ 1 In this case, the trial court permitted the respondent to remain shackled during a hearing on the State's petition seeking to administer psychotropic medication involuntarily. The trial court granted the State's petition. The appellate court reversed the...

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