Michael Lizzi v. State of Florida

Appellant challenges an order allowing a medical facility to involuntarily treat him with psychiatric medication. The order allowed the facility to treat appellant with twenty different drugs. Because the record contains no competent substantial evidence that the administration of the drugs, except for two, was essential to the appellant’s care, we reverse the order authorizing treatment.

Appellant was admitted to Treasure Coast Forensic Treatment Center (“the facility”) after having been found not guilty by reason of insanity in a criminal proceeding. He had been diagnosed with “[bjipolar…