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Criminal Law
James R. Elkins
College of Law || West
Virginia University
Fall, 2006
Insanity Defense -- Web Resources
Introduction
Brief History of the Insanity Defense
PBS Frontline
Insanity
Defense FAQs
PBS Frontline
History of the Test for Legal Insanity
People
v. Hans Schmidt
Court of Appeals of New York, 216 N.Y. 324 (1915)
(decision by Justice Cardozo)
Daniel
M'Naghten's Case
Commentary on
M'Naghten
Durham
v. United States
US Court of Appeals, D.C. Cir., 214 F.2d 862 (1954)
Washington
v. United States
US Court of Appeals, D.C. Cir., 390 F.2d 444 (1967)
United
States v. Brawner
US Court of Appeals, D.C. Cir., 471 F.2d 969 (1972)
The Perspective of Mental Health Professionals
The
Insanity Defense: On Being Insane In Sane Places
Dr. Ernest C. Miller, Department of Psychiatry,
University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville
Defense Notice to Prosecution
Federal
Rules of Criminal Procedure
Prosecution Uses a Defense Psychiatrist for Its Witness
Defense
Psychiatrist Testifies for Prosecution
Case Studies
Mother's Murder
Conviction Turns Insanity Defense Suspect
Andrea Yates--Killed her five children, June, 2001
The
Voices Within: Joseph Ludlam Jr. and the Insanity Plea
John
Salvi and the Insanity Defense
PBS Frontline
Richard
Sharpe Convicted of 1st degree Murder
CourtTV [Discussion
about the conviction] [Report
During the Trial]
[Sharpe
tells of early trauma, cross-dressing] [Psychiatrist:
Deadly mix of factors led to murder] [Doctor
says he killed his wife, but didn't want to] [Jury
begins deliberating doctor's fate]
Diana
Dial, Texas Librarian
CourtTV
Michael
"Mucko" McDermott
CourtTV [Workplace
shooting suspect accused of killing seven victims in seven minutes]
[Witnesses
for the Defense]
Alleged
Unabomber Puts Psychiatry on Trial
Psychiatric Times, January, 1998
Defense Strategies: Playing the Race Card
Prescribed Drug-induced Insanity
Black Rage
Insanity Defense: Cases
New
Jersey v. Maik
60 N.J. 203, 287 A.2d 715 (1972) (voluntary use of LSD, psychosis,
and the
insanity defense)
Smith
v. United States
36 F.2d 548 (D.C. Ct.App., 1929) (irresistible impulse)
Significant Supreme Court Cases
Ake
v. Oklahoma, 470 U.S. 68 (1985) (due process requires appointment
of
psychiatrist where defendant's sanity at the time of the offense
is to be significant
factor at trial)
Barefoot
v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880 (1983)
Bibliography
Insanity
Defense: A Select Bibliography
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