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  2. United States federal laws governing defendants with mental ...

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    Per Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 12.2, a defendant intending to pursue an insanity defense must timely notify an attorney for the government in writing. The government then has a right to have the court order a psychiatric or psychological examination.

  3. Insanity defense - Wikipedia

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    The insanity defense is also contrasted with a finding that a defendant cannot stand trial in a criminal case because a mental disease prevents them from effectively assisting counsel, from a civil finding in trusts and estates where a will is nullified because it was made when a mental disorder prevented a testator from recognizing the natural ...

  4. Kahler v. Kansas - Wikipedia

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    Kahler v. Kansas, 589 U.S. ___ (2020), is a case of the United States Supreme Court in which the justices ruled that the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution do not require that states adopt the insanity defense in criminal cases that are based on the defendant's ability to recognize right from wrong.

  5. U.S. Supreme Court lets states bar insanity defense - AOL

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    The justices ruled 6-3 that a 1995 Kansas law eliminating the insanity defense did not violate the U.S. Constitution.

  6. Jury rejects insanity defense for man convicted of hate crime ...

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    It also cannot be used as a defense for a "temporary frenzy or passion fueled by hate." Contact Kelli Arseneau at 920-213-3721 or karseneau@gannett.com . Follow her on X, formerly Twitter, at ...

  7. Durham rule - Wikipedia

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    A Durham rule, product test, or product defect rule is a rule in a criminal case by which a jury may determine a defendant is not guilty by reason of insanity because a criminal act was the product of a mental disease. Examples in which such rules were articulated in common law include State v. Pike (1870) and Durham v

  8. Double homicide trial canceled in Hagerstown; hearing set in ...

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    A hearing has been scheduled for June 7, at which Javon Hines is expected to plead guilty in the murder case with the state prosecution stipulating to his insanity defense of not criminally ...

  9. Diminished responsibility - Wikipedia

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    Diminished capacity is a partial defense to charges that require that the defendant act with a particular state of mind. [1] For example, if the felony murder rule does not apply, first degree murder requires that the state prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant acted with premeditation, deliberation, and the specific intent to kill—all three are necessary elements of the state's ...

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