IN RE G.G.

No. 16-231.

165 A.3d 1075 (2017)

2017 VT 10

IN RE G.G.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

February 3, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G.G., Pro Se, Berlin, Appellant.

Rebecca T. Plummer , Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., Montpelier, for Appellant.

William H. Sorrell , Attorney General, Bridget C. Asay , Solicitor General, and Benjamin D. Battles , Assistant Attorney General, Montpelier, for Appellee State.

PRESENT: Reiber, C.J., Dooley, Robinson and Eaton, JJ., and Morris, Supr. J. (Ret.), Specially Assigned.


¶ 1. At the center of this appeal is the issue of whether mental health patients have a due process right to waive counsel and represent themselves in proceedings on continued treatment or involuntary medication. The patient in this case, G.G., appeals from the court's denial of requests by him and his counsel to let him represent...

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