California Court of Appeal

IN RE: QAWI, A093094

An adjudicated mentally disordered offender has the right under Penal Code section 2972(g) to refuse antipsychotic medication for his mental disorder, in the absence of a judicial determination of his incompetence to refuse.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/24/2001
• Published 07/24/2001

Judges

• SWAGER, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• First District Appellate Project, Matthew Zwerling, Renée E. Torres, for Petitioner and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Pamela Smith-Steward, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Charlton G. Holland III, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Stephanie Wald, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Angela Botelho, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.