[DOWNLOAD] "Curtis & Vilensky v. District Court" by Supreme Court of Montana * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Curtis & Vilensky v. District Court
- Author : Supreme Court of Montana
- Release Date : January 30, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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, 51 St.Rep. 776 Submitted on Briefs August 23, 1994. We accepted original jurisdiction of these consolidated cases to address the following issue of first impression presented in Applications for Writ of Supervisory Control: Whether a defendant awaiting trial on criminal charges, who has been determined to lack the fitness to proceed, may be involuntarily medicated or treated for his underlying mental condition during the 90-day commitment period prescribed in § 46-14-221, MCA. We reverse orders of the Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Ravalli County, and the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, authorizing such involuntary medication and treatment and remand for further proceedings.