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Sell v. United States

537 U.S. 999 Court SCOTUS Decision date 2002-11-04 Docket No. 02-5664 English

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No. 02-5664.
Sell v. United States.

C. A. 8th Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Motion of Law Office of Julie Ruiz-Sierra for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae denied. Certiorari granted limited to the following question: “Whether the Court of Appeals erred in rejecting petitioner’s argument that allowing the Government to admin

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ister antipsychotic medication against his will solely to render him competent to stand trial for nonviolent offenses would violate his rights under the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments?”

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