U.S. v. Cope, No. 06-50441 (9th Cir.) (506 F.3d 908) (November 5, 2007) (Judge Sidney R. Thomas)
Here the Court held that there are significant liberty interests at stake when a court orders a defendant to undergo forced medication (such as “chemical castration”) as a special condition of supervised release in sex offense cases.
Gordon Cope was arrested in September, 2003 by the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department, …
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