SINGLETON v. NORRIS

No. CR 98-218.

992 S.W.2d 768 (1999)

338 Ark. 135

Charles Laverne SINGLETON, Appellant, v. Larry NORRIS, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff Rosenzweig, Little Rock, for appellant.

Mark Pryor, Att'y Gen., by: Todd L. Newton, Ass't Att'y Gen., and Kelly K. Hill, Deputy Att'y Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


W.H. "DUB" ARNOLD, Chief Justice.

The primary legal issue presented in this case is whether the State may mandatorily administer antipsychotic medication to a condemned prisoner, in order to keep him from being a danger to himself and others, when a collateral effect of that medication is to render him competent to understand the nature and reason for his execution.

Appellant, Charles Singleton, was sentenced to...

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