CARTER v. THE SUPERIOR COURT
Trial court order directing state hospital to administer antipsychotic drugs against defendant's will in effort to restore his competency was not supported by substantial evidence, thus falling short of constitutional and statutory requirements, where (1) prosecutor made no showing that subjecting petitioner to involuntary antipsychotic medication would further any governmental interest, (2) medical experts presented conflicting opinions regarding defendant's condition, did not specify actual medication defendant should be treated with, and did not articulate any side effects defendant might experience if he took particular antipsychotic drugs, (3) medical experts provided no specific information concerning alternatives or less intrusive methods likely to have same results as forcible medication, and (4) medical experts presented no specific evidence that administration of antipsychotic medication was in defendant's best medical interests in light of his actual condition.
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