People v. Dorothy W.

PRESIDING JUSTICE GEIGER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The respondent, Dorothy W., timely appeals from the circuit court’s order of February 21, 1997, authorizing the involuntary administration of psychotropic medication to the respondent for up to 90 days pursuant to section 2 — 107.1 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code (Code) (405 ILCS 5/2 — 107.1 (West 1996)). Following an evidentiary hearing on the petition to administer medication involuntarily, the court concluded that the State met its burden of showing, with clear and convincing evidence, that respondent did…