R.A. v. STATE

Court of Appeals No. A-14264.

550 P.3d 594 (2024)

R.A., Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

May 24, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacey Jane Brewster (petition) and George W.P. Madeira (briefing), Assistant Public Defenders, and Terrence Haas, Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Petitioner.

Nancy R. Simel, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Criminal Appeals, Anchorage, and Treg R. Taylor, Attorney General, Juneau, for the Respondent.

Before: Allard, Chief Judge, and Harbison and Terrell, Judges.


OPINION

The United States Supreme Court has recognized a "significant constitutionally protected liberty interest in avoiding the unwanted administration of antipsychotic drugs."1 The Alaska Supreme Court has gone further and has held that given Alaska's more protective constitutional guarantees...

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