Legal Opinion
Jane Ellyn Benson v. Cal Terhune, Director Susan E. Poole, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 11, 2002No. 01-16833PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FISHER, Circuit Judge.
California state prisoner Jane Ellyn Benson appeals the district court’s denial of her petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging her 1988 jury trial conviction for second degree murder with a firearm and her 17-years-to-life sentence. Benson contends that while she was in jail before and during her trial, the jail staff medicated her with mind-altering psychotropic and other drugs without her informed consent, thereby violating her right to due process and to a full and fair trial. Athough the powerful combination of drugs prescribed to relieve Benson’s…
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