Involuntary Commitment and Right to Waive Counsel

In re G.G., 2017 VT 10

Supreme Court of Vermont holds that the Fourteenth Amendment precludes a patient from waiving counsel and proceeding pro se in involuntary commitment and involuntary medication proceedings.

Found in DMHL Volume 36, Issue 1

Previous
Previous

Intellectual disability; execution

Next
Next

Sexually Violent Predators and Ineffective Assistance of Counsel