In Matter of Mental Condition of Virgil D.

The petitioner, Virgil D. (Virgil), requests review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals dated September 16, 1993, which affirmed an order of the circuit court for Rock County, James P. Daley, Circuit Judge. The circuit court granted a petition to allow the involuntary administration of psychotropic drugs to Virgil on the grounds that, due to his mental illness, Virgil was not competent to exercise informed consent.

The issue before this court is whether the court of appeals correctly interpreted the statutory standard of incompetence found in § 51.61(l)(g)4, Stats., which states…