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In re De La O
Keywords narcotic addict; civil commitment; drug users; treatment; chronic drug use; punishment(1963)
Robinson v. California
Keywords 8th Amendment; 14th Amendment; addiction; criminalizing addiction(1962)
Buck v. Bell
Keywords Virginia; forced sterilization; constitutionality; intellectual disability; incorrigibility(1927)
Linder v. United States
Keywords medical practice; addiction treatment; Harrison Narcotics Act(1925)
United States v. Behrman
Keywords Harrison Narcotics Act; morphine; addict; prescribing; criminal intent; bad faith(1922)
Webb v. United States
Keywords maintenance; medical practice; addiction treatment; Harrison Narcotics Act(1919)
United States v. Doremus
Keywords Harrison Narcotics Act; opioid distribution; taxation(1919)
Anderson v. Benton County
Keywords methadone; jail; 8th Amendment; deliberate indifference; Monell liability; prescribed medication
State v. Gee
Keywords convictions; rape; sodomy; kidnapping; robbery; cocaine use; substance use; intent
P.G. v. Jefferson County
Keywords methadone; ADA; pretrial detainees; jails; due process violation; medication access; court ruling
People v. Masalmani
Keywords LWOP; potential for rehabilitation; juvenile life without parole; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; juvenile offender; juvenile sentencing
State v. Ramos
Keywords juvenile offender sentencing; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; Miller v. Alabama; youth age; age-related characteristics; constitutional requirements
Bright v. Massachusetts
Keywords Eighth Amendment (U.S.); age-related considerations; considerations for teenagers in criminal cases; juvenile defendant; joint venture; accompaniment theory
Ira v. Janecka
Keywords New Mexico Supreme Court; eligibility for parole; juvenile offender sentencing; meaningful opportunity for release; Miller v. Alabama; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; rehabilitation potential of youth
People v. Hyatt
Keywords LWOP; juvenile life without parole; felony murder; Eighth Amendment (U.S.); cruel and unusual punishment; potential for rehabilitation of youth