People v. Coleman

Opinion

POLLAK, J.

Defendant appeals from an order authorizing his involuntary medication for purposes of restoring him to competency to stand trial. He contends that insufficient evidence supports the order and that the order is fatally nonspecific insofar as it fails to identify the specific medications he may be given, as well as the dosage and duration of any treatment. We shall affirm.

*630Factual and Procedural Background

On February 24, 2009, defendant was charged with attempted forcible rape (Pen. Code,1 §§ 261, subd. (a)(2), 664), attempted forcible oral copulation (§§ 288a, subd. (c), 664),…