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Sell v. United States, 539 U.S. 166 (2003), is a decision in which the United States Supreme Court imposed stringent limits on the right of a lower court to order the forcible administration of antipsychotic medication to a criminal defendant who had been determined to be incompetent to stand trial for the sole purpose of making them competent and able to be tried.
Circuit Judge Lavenski Smith: Little Rock, AR: 1958 2002–present 2017–2024 — G.W. Bush: 56 Circuit Judge Raymond Gruender: Saint Louis, MO: 1963 2004–present — — G.W. Bush: 57 Circuit Judge Duane Benton: Kansas City, MO: 1950 2004–present — — G.W. Bush: 58 Circuit Judge Bobby Shepherd: El Dorado, AR: 1951 2006–present ...
Frosty Treats, Inc. v. Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc., 426 F.3d 1001 (8th Cir. 2005): Trademark and trade dress. United States v. $124,700 in U.S. Currency, 458 F.3d 822 (8th Cir. 2006): Transport of large amounts of currency concealed in an unusual manner could be taken as evidence that the currency was connected with drug trafficking.
The 8th Circuit — the same appeals court that decided Vandevender's case — agreed with Wright on appeal, finding that the officials had simply "predicted incorrectly." Hodges' claim failed. A ...
The Competency Screening Test was developed by researchers at the Harvard Laboratory of Community Psychiatry in 1971. The test uses 22 fill in the blank style questions such as "If the jury finds me guilty, I will _____." Each answer is given a score of 0 (incompetent), 1 (uncertain competence), or 2 (competent).
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the Missouri law violated a section of the U.S. Constitution known as the supremacy clause, which asserts that federal law takes precedence over state laws.
“By failing to reverse the district court’s radical decision, the 8th Circuit has put the Voting Rights Act in jeopardy, tossing aside critical protections that voters fought and died for.”
First, it points to a difficult issue in competency evaluations. Although the standards for competency were set forth in Dusky v. United States, [5] much of the standard remains ambiguous and is not clearly defined. Only one common principle is clear in forensic evaluations, that forensic evaluators cannot reach a finding independent of the ...