When will a court order that a mentally ill individual be committed to a mental health institution rather than imprisoned?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Buker, 120 F.3d 269 (9th Cir. 1997):
Buker appealed his sentence, arguing that once the district court found he suffered from mental illness, it was required to order him committed rather than imprisoned. We rejected this argument and upheld Buker's sentence in United States v. Buker, 902 F.2d 769 (9th Cir.1990).
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