HOPKINS v. PEOPLE

No. 87CA1757.

772 P.2d 624 (1988)

Sylvester Immanuel HOPKINS, Appellant, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Appellee.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 1988.

Certiorari Denied April 17, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LeRoy L. Miller, Boulder, for appellant.

Stephen Kaplan, City Atty., R.W. Hibbard, III, Asst. City Atty., Denver, for appellee.


PIERCE, Judge.

Sylvester Immanuel Hopkins appeals from the trial court order authorizing the involuntary administration of anti-psychotic medication. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Hopkins was originally certified for short-term mental health treatment in July 1987. After a short period of hospitalization, he was released on outpatient status in early August. He was returned to the hospital less than one month...

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