psychiatric
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Colorado appeals court clarifies timeline for forcible medication cases
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Colorado’s second-highest court clarified last month that judges are allowed to balance the urgent need to involuntarily medicate a person with their lawyer’s ability to prepare for the case on short notice. Under state law, judges must appoint a lawyer and hold a hearing within 10 days when they receive a request to forcibly medicate…
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Boulder judge ordered man’s involuntary medication without letting him testify, appeals court finds
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A Boulder County judge deprived a man of a fair hearing by refusing to let him testify before she ordered him to be forcibly medicated, the Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. District Court Judge Nancy W. Salomone initially found that a college student identified as T.L. had a mental health disorder and granted the government’s request for…
