Legal Opinion
United States v. Michael Francis Charters, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 18, 1987No. 86-5568PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
Michael Francis Charters appeals a district court order permitting medical personnel at the Federal Correctional Institution at Butner, North Carolina (Butner) to medicate him with antipsychotic drugs over his objection.
Charters was indicted in late 1983 for making threats against the President of the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 871. On February 1, 1984, the district court found Charters incompetent to stand trial and ordered him confined to Butner pursuant to what was then 18 U.S.C. §§ 4241-4247. Thereafter, the district court reviewed Charters’…
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