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STATE v. CANTRELL

No. 30,250.

179 P.3d 1214 (2008)

2008-NMSC-016

STATE of New Mexico, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dawna CANTRELL, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

March 5, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Bigelow, Chief Public Defender, Michael L. Rosenfield, Assistant Public Defender, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellant.

Gary King, Attorney General, Joel Jacobsen, Assistant Attorney General, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellee.

OPINION

MAES, Justice.

{1} In this appeal we determine whether ordering Defendant to submit to involuntary antipsychotic drug treatment for the sole purpose of establishing Defendant's competency to stand trial violates Defendant's due process rights. Following the United States Supreme Court's four-part test in Sell v. United States, 539 U.S. 166, 123 S.Ct. 2174, 156 L.Ed.2d 197 (2003), we conclude that...

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