Hills v. State

LAWRENCE, Judge.

Earnest Hills (Hills), a resident of the state psychiatric hospital, appeals an emergency treatment order. We reverse.

Hills resides on the forensic unit of the state hospital. (Hills is charged with the first-degree murder of his wife.) Hills initially consented to his treatment for bipolar *104disorder, but after treatment began, became violent and refused medication. Hills’ psychiatrist petitioned for, and the trial judge ordered, in a February 20,1997 order, emergency treatment for ninety days. The order is premised on section 916.107, Florida Statutes (1995).

Section 916.107…