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COA: State has important interest, for purposes of Sell, to forcibly medicate defendant charged with resisting arrest causing soft tissue injury.
State v. T.A.W., 2025AP437-CR, 6/3/25, District I (not recommended for publication); case activity
Although the charges against T.A.W. — resisting an officer causing soft tissue injury and retail theft — are not “serious crimes” under Wis. Stat. § 969.08, which specifies procedures for pretrial release, the COA found that the State met its burden to show an important governmental interest in forcibly medicating T.A.W. to competency under the aggravated circumstances of the case.