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  • Henderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-12-14
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Donnelly (Western Circuit Public Defender's Office), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Chafin (Assistant District Attorney Western Judicial Circuit), Athens; Kenneth Mauldin (District Attorney), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1926

    The trial court failed to properly apply the applicable test when it granted State's motion to involuntarily medicate a mentally ill criminal defendant in an attempt to make him competent to stand trial.