United States Second Circuit

In ordering that involuntary medication be forcibly administered to a non-dangerous criminal defendant for the purpose of rendering him competent to stand trial, a court must closely monitor the process to ensure that the dosage is properly individualized to the defendant, that it continues to be medically appropriate, and that it does not deprive him of a fair trial or the effective assistance of counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/24/2002
• Published 04/25/2002

Judges

• JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Chief Judge., Before: WALKER, Chief Judge, CABRANES and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jonathan E. Nuechterlein (Paul A. Engelmayer, Trevor W. Morrison, on the brief), Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC (Nathalie F.P. Gilfoyle, General Counsel, James L. McHugh, Senior Counsel, American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, on the brief), for Amicus Curiae American Psychological Association., Richard G. Taranto, Farr & Taranto, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae American Psychiatric Association., John L. Warden (Penny Shane, on the brief), Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, NY (Franklin B. Velie, Dierdre A. Burgman, Salans Hertzfeld Heilbronn, Christy & Viener, New York, NY, on the brief) (Gerald Walpin, David L. Wales, Rosenman & Colin, New York, NY, on the brief), for Amicus Curiae the Federal Bar Council., William J. Rold, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae the National Commission on Correctional Health Care.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jeremiah Donovan, (Todd Kennedy, Law Student, New Haven, CT, on the brief), Old Saybrook, CT, for Defendant-Appellant., Thomas V. Dailey, Assistant United States Attorney (John A. Danaher III, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, New Haven, CT, on the brief), Hartford, CT, for Appellee.