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Ninth Circuit Clarifies Standard for Forcibly Medicating Incompetent Defendant
United States prisoner Jose Hernandez Vasquez (defendant) appealed his court ordered forced medication to render him competent to stand trial. The order was vacated and remanded to institute parameters for government physicians' administration of medication and for a dangerousness inquiry.
The defendant was deported in 2003 for felonious acts. He ...
The defendant was deported in 2003 for felonious acts. He ...
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