People ex rel. Cal. Dep't of State Hosps. v. S.M.

*456In 2014 S.M was adjudicated a Mentally Disordered Offender (MDO) and committed for treatment to the Department of State Hospitals (the Department). (See Pen. Code, § 2960 et seq. )1 He appeals from an order that he "be involuntarily administered antipsychotic medication by the Department ... in the dosage and for the frequency deemed necessary by the Department," not to exceed a period of one year. The order was made because appellant lacks the capacity to refuse medical treatment with antipsychotic drugs. (See In re Qawi (2004) 32 Cal.4th 1, 27, 7 Cal.Rptr.3d 780, 81 P.3d 224 [in…