This U$.$S$.$ Supreme Court case held that indefinite detention of criminal defendants lacking competence to stand trial violates the equal protection and due process clauses of the $14$th Amendment of the Constitution.

Lafler v$.$ Cooper $(2012)$

Medina v$.$ California $(1972)$

Jackson v$.$ Indiana $(1972)$

Pate v$.$ Robinson $(1966)$

Kahler v$.$ Kansas $(2020)$