Williams v. Wilzack

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• holding that previous version of HG § 10-708 violated due process rights of patients, discussed infra
• pointing out that under the provisions of Md.Code (1982, 1988 Supp.
• \The liberty interest of a noninstitutionalized mental patient to refuse treatment with antipsychotic drugs was of such importance that it could be overcome only by `an overwhelming [s]tate interest.'\
• “The liberty interest of a noninstitutionalized mental patient to refuse treatment with antipsychotic drugs was of such importance that it could be overcome only by ‘an overwhelming [s]tate interest.’ ”
• in light of Washington v. Harper, 494 U.S. 210, 110 S.Ct. 1028, 108 L.Ed.2d 178 (1990), prior statutory version deprived patient subject to involuntary medication of significant procedural due process rights

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