United States Ninth Circuit

The district court's order authorizing involuntary medication in order to render the defendant competent to stand trial is vacated and remanded, where: 1) the district court did not clearly err in determining that the defendant suffered from a mental illness; but 2) because over a year has passed since the district court's order was entered, a new inquiry pursuant to Sell v. United States is required.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/07/2014
• Published 05/07/2014

Judges

• CHRISTEN

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel