State v. McCarty

¶ 1. Defendant appeals an order of the Caledonia District Court directing her hospitalization for ninety days at the Vermont State Hospital to obtain psychiatric treatment. Defendant argues the district court erred for two reasons: (1) the evidence was insufficient to support an order of involuntary hospitalization; and (2) statements she made during a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation were used to support the court’s decision in violation of her constitutional privilege against self-incrimination. We reject both arguments and affirm.

¶2. In April 2004, the State charged defendant with…