Legal Opinion
In re Guttmacher
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 17, 2014Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Richard A. Dollinger, J.
In this case, the State seeks to medicate a man held at the Rochester Psychiatric Center (RPC). In support of the application, the State introduced a Rochester-based psychiatrist, who was a non-board-certified forensic psychiatry fellow. The patient had been arrested on a family offense petition and declared incompetent to stand trial. Remitted to the custody of RPC, the patient had refused certain medications and his treating psychiatrist petitioned the court to permit administration of the medications over his objections.
In the initial petition to…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Colorado v. New MexicoSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Eichner v. DillonNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Rivers v. KatzNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- State v. Floyd Y.New York Court of Appeals · 2013
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