Legal Opinion
Khiem v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 20, 1992No. 91-CO-1028PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
Appellant Tran Van Khiem (Khiem) was charged in 1986 with the premeditated murder of his parents. He was found incompetent to stand trial and is presently detained at Saint Elizabeths Hospital (the hospital). He now appeals from an order of the trial court directing that he be treated, over his objection, with psychotropic drugs. The primary purpose of the proposed treatment would be to render Khiem competent to stand trial.
Khiem contends that the administration of these drugs to him without his consent would abrogate his common law right to bodily integrity, as well…
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