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Brown v. United States
Keywords Insanity defense; narcotics charges; addiction; court assistance; legal aid; D.C. Circuit; reversed and remanded; drug addiction defense; mental health defense; criminal appeal(1964)
Castle v. United States
Keywords Insanity defense; duress; addiction; criminal responsibility; legal insanity; D.C. Circuit; jury; conviction; appeal; affirmation(1964)
People v. Ortiz
Keywords heroin conviction; police entry; legal justification; illegal search and seizure; due process; exclusionary rule; Fourth Amendment(1964)
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)
Dusky v. United States
(1960)
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)