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Forensic Experts, Indigent Defendants, and the Constitution.
- Source :
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Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) [Psychiatr Serv] 2018 Jan 01; Vol. 69 (1), pp. 2-4. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Dec 01. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Over 30 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court held that indigent defendants raising psychiatric issues are entitled to the assistance of a mental health expert. However, the exact dimensions of that assistance, and whether the expert must be assigned exclusively to assist the defense, have been in contention ever since. In its recent decision in McWilliams v. Dunn, the Court underscored that the state-funded expert must be available to consult with the defense, not merely to evaluate the defendant, but declined to opine on whether the defense is entitled to its own expert for the purpose.
- Subjects :
- Criminals history
Expert Testimony
Forensic Psychiatry history
History, 20th Century
Humans
Mentally Ill Persons history
Poverty history
United States
Criminals legislation & jurisprudence
Forensic Psychiatry legislation & jurisprudence
Mentally Ill Persons legislation & jurisprudence
Poverty legislation & jurisprudence
Supreme Court Decisions history
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1557-9700
- Volume :
- 69
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29191142
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700467