AAPL Landmark - Diminished Capacity Flashcards
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Is it constitutional in New York to place the burden of proof for extreme emotional disturbance (EED), on the defendant?
Yes.
People v. Patterson (1976).
Should testimony about a recognized syndrome in a defendant be excluded from evidence because of its potential prejudicial impact on the jury?
No.
Ibn-Tamas v. U.S (1976). Battered Woman Syndrome. The probative value of the expert testimony outweighed any prejudicial effect.
Can voluntary intoxication be used to reduce a murder charge to involuntary manslaughter in California if the defendant shows that the intoxication prevented him from forming the specific intent to commit murder?
No.
People v. Saille (1991). Voluntary intoxication alone could not be a reason for reducing the crime to manslaughter.
Does the Montana law excluding evidence about voluntary intoxication as related to mental state in a criminal offense violate due process?
No.
Montana v. Egelhoff (1996). There was a drunken man in the back seat - two dead in front. The USSC reversed the Montana SC, holding that the exclusion of voluntary intoxication in violent crime was not a violation of due process.
