Jackson v. Indiana
...that before the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Jackson v. Indiana, an incompetent criminal defendant could be involuntarily confined indefinitely (as if given a life sentence) without a trial or a conviction?
...that before the <a href="./Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" id="mwBYg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Supreme Court of the United States">U.S. Supreme Court</a> ruling in <b id="mwBYk"><a href="./Jackson_v._Indiana" id="mwBYo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jackson v. Indiana">Jackson v. Indiana</a></b>, an <a href="./Competency_evaluation_(law)" id="mwBYs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Competency evaluation (law)">incompetent</a> <a href="./Defendant" id="mwBYw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Defendant">criminal defendant</a> could be <a href="./Involuntary_commitment" id="mwBY0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Involuntary commitment">involuntarily confined</a> indefinitely (as if given a <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Life_sentence" id="mwBY4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Life sentence">life sentence</a>) without a <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Trial_(law)" id="mwBY8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Trial (law)">trial</a> or a <a href="./Conviction" id="mwBZA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Conviction">conviction</a>?