Publication Date: 2015-10-23
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald P. Word Georgia Capitol Defender, Atlanta, Michael J. Ivan Ivan Law Firm PC, Jimmy D. Berry, Marietta, and Teri L. Thompson, Snellville, for appellant.
for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Jesse D. Evans, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney, John R. Edwards, Assistant District Attorney, Marietta, Donald P. Geary, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S15A0795
The Court vacated the trial court's order granting the State's request for authority to involuntarily medicate the defendant in an attempt to make him mentally competent to stand trial on charges ar