Riggins v. Nevada, No. 90-8466 (U.S. Supreme Court) (504 U.S. 127; 112 S.Ct. 1810) (May 18, 1992) (Justice O'Connor)
In this case the Supreme Court addressed a claim by a pretrial detainee on direct appeal from his convictions that his right to a fair trial was denied under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments by the refusal to suspend the administration of an antipsychotic drug during his trial. Shortly after …
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