People v. Williams

Respondent, James Williams, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Randolph County granting S.D. Parwatikar, M.D.’s petition to continue to involuntarily administer psychotropic medication to him. On appeal, respondent contends that the court’s decision should be reversed because, contrary to the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code (405 ILCS 5/1—100 et seq. (West 1996 & Supp. 1997)) (the Code), the order did not specify the medications and the anticipated range of dosages that were authorized, and because the petition was defective in that it did not allege that…