Legal Opinion
In re Greenshields
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 14, 2014No. B252222PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GILBERT, P. J.
Persons committed for mental health treatment under the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act (LPS patients) (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5000 et seq.) have a statutory and constitutional right to refuse antipsychotic medication under certain circumstances. So do persons committed for treatment under the Mentally Disordered Offenders Act (MDO’s) (Pen. Code, § 2960 et seq.). (In re Qawi (2004) 32 Cal.4th 1 [7 Cal.Rptr.3d 780, 81 P.3d 224].)
In In re Calhoun (2004) 121 Cal.App.4th 1315 [18 Cal.Rptr.3d 315], we held that equal protection principles give persons committed for treatment under…
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