139 Mich. App. 124 - People v. Hardesty’s Empirical Analysis

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9 federal appellate · 4 district · 10 state decisions

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1. “[tjhe state’s substantial interest in bringing to trial defendants accused in good faith and on probable cause of violating its laws — an interest in the integrity of its criminal justice system and therefore at the very core of its police power — would seemingly be counted as sufficiently compelling to outweigh the defendant’s interest in avoiding medication which, although highly intrusive, will generally not result in irreversible effects. (Footnotes omitted.) Winick, Psychotropic Medication and Competence to Stand Trial, 1977 American Bar Foundation Research Journal 769, 812-813.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Khiem v. United States

2. “the medication allowed the state to bring defendant to trial so that his culpability and criminal responsibility could be adjudicated. Additionally, the record clearly demonstrates that the drugs used enhanced, rather than diminished, defendant's ability to engage in rational thought and assist counsel at trial. This being the case, the balance of competing interests favors the state.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Woodland v. Angus

3. “overall lack of experience and education in evaluating the sanity of an accused”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Melton