Constitutional Law - Due Process Clause - Liberty Interest of Criminal Defendant

Authors

Kristen L. Hodeen

Abstract

The United States Supreme Court has held that a criminal defendant has a protected liberty interest under the Fourteenth Amendment in freedom from involuntary administration of antipsychotic medication which requires the State to prove both the medical appropriateness and the necessity of the medication in order to continue its administration once the criminal defendant has moved to terminate medication.

Riggins v Nevada, ___ US ___, 112 S Ct 1810 (1992).

First Page

915

Recommended Citation

Kristen L. Hodeen, Constitutional Law - Due Process Clause - Liberty Interest of Criminal Defendant, 31 Duq. L. Rev. 915 (1983).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol31/iss4/13