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South Carolina S.C. Refuses to Order Defendant Maimed from Jail to Psych Hospital
by Lonnie Burton
On November 16, 2016, the South Carolina Supreme Court reversed a lower court order involuntarily committing a defendant who was found incompetent to stand trial to a psychiatric hospital. The state high court ruled that the applicable law did not authorize the circuit court to issue such ...
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