P. v. Atkins
A patient at a state hospital is awaiting a determination whether he is competent to stand trial. The patient is legally entitled to call himself Jesus Christ. He insists on doing so with other patients, which leads to a number of incidents involving physical violence. The medical authorities at the hospital apply for judicial approval to administer an antipsychotic drug to the patient against his will. The trial court grants the approval, which the defendant appeals. Although defendants counsel is exceptionally earnest in the array of arguments she advances, there is but one issue before uswhether the trial courts order is supported by substantial evidence. Court conclude that the order has more than the requisite amount of support in the record, and in light of that conclusion Court affirm.
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