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Unwell: Indiana V. Edwards And The Fate Of Mentally Ill Pro Se Defendants, John H. Blume, Morgan J. Clark
Unwell: Indiana V. Edwards And The Fate Of Mentally Ill Pro Se Defendants, John H. Blume, Morgan J. Clark
Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy
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United States V. Ruiz-Gaxiola: Setting The Standard For Medicating Defendants Involuntarily In The Ninth Circuit, Michelle R. Cruz
United States V. Ruiz-Gaxiola: Setting The Standard For Medicating Defendants Involuntarily In The Ninth Circuit, Michelle R. Cruz
Golden Gate University Law Review
In United States v. Ruiz-Gaxiola, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the government could not medicate a defendant involuntarily for the sole purpose of rendering the defendant competent to stand trial. The court relied on the Sell test in making its determination. In Sell v. United States, the United States Supreme Court established a four-pronged test for determining whether a court should grant a request to medicate a defendant involuntarily. A court may not grant such a request unless the government shows that (1) an important government interest is at stake in …