State v. Cantrell

OPINION

MAES, Justice.

{1} In this appeal we determine whether ordering Defendant to submit to involuntary antipsychotic drug treatment for the sole purpose of establishing Defendant’s competency to stand trial violates Defendant’s due process rights. Following the United States Supreme Court’s four-part test in Sell v. United States, 539 U.S. 166, 123 S.Ct. 2174, 156 L.Ed.2d 197 (2003), we conclude that Defendant’s due process rights were not violated, and we affirm the trial court’s order.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

{2} On October 1, 2003, the Grant County Sheriffs Office received…