State v. Garcia

This appeal1 raises two issues: (1) whether this court had the authority to stay the running *673of the statutory eighteen month period for commitment for the restoration of the defendant’s competency during the pendency of his prior interlocutory appeal; and (2) whether the trial court properly concluded that the state had proven by clear and convincing evidence that, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty, involuntary medication of the defendant will restore his competency to stand trial and that the drug regimen prescribed for him will not cause an unreasonable risk to his health.

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