People v. Zaire R.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that every person possesses a constitutionally protected right to withdraw from unwanted life-saving medical treatment
• holding that every person possesses a constitutionally protected right to withdraw from unwanted life-saving medical treatment
• holding that no such constitutional right exists for an incompetent rather than a competent patient
• holding that a state may require clear and convincing evidence of an incompetent's wishes to the withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment
• holding that no such constitutional right exists for an incompetent rather than a competent patient
• holding that a state may require clear and convincing evidence of an incompetent’s wishes to the withdrawal of life- sustaining treatment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).