Legal Opinion
Sell v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 16, 2003No. 02-5664PublishedCited by 585 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer
The question presented is whether the Constitution permits the Government to administer antipsychotic drugs involuntarily to a mentally ill criminal defendant — in order to render that defendant competent to stand trial for serious, but nonviolent, crimes. We conclude that the Constitution allows the Government to administer those drugs, even against the defendant’s will, in limited circumstances, i. e., upon satisfaction of conditions that we shall describe. Because the Court of Appeals did not find that the requisite circumstances existed in this case, we vacate its judgment.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
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