mental-disease
7 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-6822 | Jorge Almeida v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections | Eleventh Circuit | 2025-03-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | due-process ineffective-assistance insanity-defense mens-rea mental-disease specific-intent | Whether trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by conceding guilt instead of presenting an insanity defense and whether due process was violate… |
| 21-550 | Tyrone Christopher Thompson v. Alabama | Alabama | 2021-10-14 | Denied | Response Waived | 14th-amendment affirmative-defense complete-defense due-process expert-testimony fourteenth-amendment meaningful-opportunity-to-present-defense mental-disease mental-disease-or-defect pre-trial-hearing | Does precluding a defendant from presenting any evidence of an affirmative defense of mental disease or defect to a jury based solely on conflicting e… |
| 20-5917 | Eric Malmstrom v. United States | First Circuit | 2020-10-06 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP | civil-procedure competency criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process embassy-communication judicial-discretion mental-competency mental-disease mental-disease-or-defect standing sua-sponte | Whether the district court abused its discretion when it failed to sua sponte order a competency evaluation |
| 20-5002 | Gilberto Ayun-Flores v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-07-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-law due-process evidence evidence-law general-intent intent-element mens-rea mental-disease mental-health | Whether a defendant charged with a general intent offense may present evidence of mental disease to challenge the government's proof of the mens rea e… |
| 19-6253 | Adam Strege v. United States | First Circuit | 2019-10-11 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | civil-rights constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure delegation-of-authority due-process judicial-discretion law-enforcement-discretion mental-competence mental-disease mental-health reasonable-cause sentencing standing vagueness vagueness-doctrine | Whether 18 USCS 4246, 4248, 4241(d) are unconstitutionally vague for failing to define 'mental disease' and 'reasonable cause' |
| 19-5704 | In Re James Larry | 2019-08-23 | Denied | IFP | 14th-amendment due-process federal-law fourteenth-amendment mental-disease mental-disease-defect post-conviction rule-32 standard-of-review | Does the Alabama State standard of review in Rule 32 Ala.R.Crim.P. post-conviction proceedings regarding the mental disease/defect issue as presented … | |
| 18-6751 | Patrick McIntosh v. United States | Eleventh Circuit | 2018-11-20 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-4243 civil-commitment criminal-law due-process mental-disease mental-disease-or-defect mental-health-law personality-disorder statutory-interpretation | Does a severe personality disorder constitute a mental disease or defect under 18 U.S.C. § 4243(c)(d) civil commitment provision? |