People v. Marquardt

11 People v. Medina, 705 P.2d 961, 9783 (Colo.1985), outlined the rule that courts must follow before ordering a patient to be forcibly medicated. In this case, we hold that the Medina rule applies to petitions to increase the dose of a medication over a patient's objection. We also hold that, if the patient is stable, a lack of improvement, without more, does not satisfy Medina's requirement that the patient must be at risk of significant and likely long-term deterioration.

I. Facts and Procedural History

12 Larry Wayne Marquardt was committed to the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo…