SMITH v. STATE

No. 4D13-787.

145 So.3d 189 (2014)

Charles SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 13, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Ellen Griffin , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.


TAYLOR, J.

Appellant, Charles Smith, appeals from a circuit court order which adopted a magistrate's recommended order and granted a treatment center's petition to administer involuntary psychiatric medication and treatment. Because there was no competent, substantial evidence establishing that appellant's multidisciplinary treatment team deemed his treatment necessary and essential, we reverse.

On appellate review of an order authorizing involuntary psychotropic...

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