Legal Opinion
State v. Jacobs
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided June 25, 2002No. AC 20485PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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DUPONT, J.
The defendant, Earl Jacobs, appeals from the trial court’s judgment, after a pretrial hearing, that the defendant should be involuntarily medicated to render him competent to stand trial.1 The defendant argues that the court improperly refused (1) to appoint a guardian ad litem for him prior to the hearing and (2) to grant a continuance for time to obtain the defendant’s out-of-state medical and psychiatric records. The defendant also argues that even if we conclude that the court acted properly as to the denial of the appointment and the continuance, the court’s judgment…
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