mental-disease-or-defect

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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
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?
18-5068 Taliyah Taylor v. Amy Lamanna, Acting Superintendent, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility Second Circuit 2018-07-02 Denied IFP 28-usc-2254 compulsory-process criminal-defense criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns depraved-indifference due-process habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-counsel mental-disease-defect mental-disease-or-defect mental-health post-conviction-relief strickland-standard strickland-v-washington wiggins-v-smith Does defense counsel's failure to investigate and present available affirmative evidence of mental disease or defect constitute ineffective assistance…