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Forcibly Medicating for Trial Competency: Sell in the Fourth and Ninth Circuits  


Author:  Fred Cohen.


Source: Volume 12, Number 05, January/February 2011 , pp.65-69(5)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

Two separate defendants are diagnosed with Delusional Disorder, Grandiose type and although there is professional agreement that this is a rare diagnosis agreement differs on the treatment and treatment outcomes.

Keywords: U.S. v. White , 620 F.3d 401, U.S. v. Ruiz-Gaxiola , 2010 WL 3720211, Sell v. United States , 539 U.S. 166, Washington v. Harper , 493 U.S. 210

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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