DENVER — The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a man charged in the killings of three people at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood in 2015 can be forced to take anti-psychotic medicine in order to become competent to stand trial.
In September 2022, a U.S. district judge determined that Dear could be forcibly medicated in an attempt to restore him to competency, but his defense filed an appeal to prevent that from happening. According to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a finding that anti-psychotic medication was substantially likely to restore him to competency was"not clearly erroneous."
"While it's moving forward towards a step in the direction of restoring competency through medication, we don't know whether it's going to work," said Brackley.
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