United States v. Burhoe

ORDER ON SELL HEARING

JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., District Judge.

Applying Sell v. United States, 539 U.S. 166, 123 S.Ct. 2174, 156 L.Ed.2d 197 (2003), the Court finds that the Government has established each Sell criterion by clear and convincing evidence and authorizes the Government to involuntarily medicate the Defendant to restore his mental competency to stand trial.

I. STATEMENT OF FACTS

A. A Delayed Process

The intersection between a crime premised on underlying mental illness and the defendant’s competency is inherently problematic. William C. Burhoe, a man who carries the diagnosis of…