135 N.C. App. 116 - State v. Dorsey’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
August 2008
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Rogers v. Richmond · State v. Benson · North Carolina National Bank v. Burnette · State v. Leonard
Most-quoted passages
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“The prosecution may assume, as the law does, that the defendant is sane.... If no evidence of insanity be offered, the presumption of sanity prevails.... Even if the evidence of insanity presented by the defendant is uncontradicted by the state, it is the defendant's burden to satisfy the jury of the existence of the defense. The credibility of the defense witnesses in this case was a proper matter for the jury. A diagnosis of mental illness by an expert is not in and of itself conclusive on the issue of insanity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[i]f evidence of insanity is offered by the defendant, even if un-controverted, the credibility of that testimony is for the jury and thus precludes the entry of a directed verdict for defendant on insanity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[e]very person is presumed sane and the `burden of proving insanity is properly placed on the defendant.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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