She also said there had been no finding by court-appointed doctors that they posed a substantial risk to themselves or others.

But Mr. Moya, after an examination by court-appointed doctors, was found a year ago to be suffering from terminal heart disease.

That decision came after a panel of court-appointed doctors found what judges described as mild but "progressive and incurable dementia."

A court-appointed doctor visiting the prison on Aug. 8 learned of Mr. Souders's death.

A psychiatrist was hired for the production (and ultimately cast as the court-appointed doctor who counsels the accused priest).

But a Manhattan judge last week said the offenders had a right to independent hearings and examination by court-appointed doctors before confinement.

During the trial a court-appointed doctor stated that Bailey was suffering from paranoid delusions, depression and possibly a personality disorder.

The corrections law requires that court-appointed doctors determine whether an inmate is mentally ill and a formal court order to commit them involuntarily.

But in September court-appointed doctors announced that he could not stand trial because of his declining health.

A court-appointed doctor decided the tranquilizer Thorazine was to be my treatment.