U.S. v. SELL

No. 01-1862.

282 F.3d 560 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Charles Thomas SELL, Appellant, Association of American Physicians & Surgeons, Inc. Amicus on Behalf of Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee T. Lawless, St. Louis, Missouri, argued, for appellant.

Dorothy L. McMurtry, Assistant U.S. Attorney, St. Louis, Missouri, argued (Raymond W. Gruender and Howard J. Marcus, on the brief), for appellee.

Before BOWMAN, HEANEY and BYE, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Dr. Charles Sell, D.D.S. is charged with health care fraud, attempted murder, conspiracy, and solicitation to commit violence. In this appeal, Sell challenges the district court's1 determination that he may be involuntarily medicated with antipsychotic drugs for the sole purpose of rendering him competent for trial. We affirm.

I. Background

On May 16, 1997, Sell was charged in a federal...

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