159 Ind. App. 621 - Henderson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
5
states following
May 1986
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hill v. State · United States v. Harper · Smith v. State · Walter v. State · Wilson v. State
Most-quoted passages
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““Although medical reports containing observations and expert opinions relating to a defendant’s sanity or insanity should not be admitted directly into evidence, they may be used to aid another expert in formulating his opinion as to the defendant’s sanity. The function of an expert witness in a case concerning sanity or insanity is advisory in nature. He does not state a fact but gives an opinion in order to aid the jury or trier of fact. The trier of fact must make the ultimate decision on this issue. See Hill v. State (1969), 252 Ind. 601 , 251 N.E.2d 429 . The reports are not accepted by the expert testifying as true facts but are examined by him to provide an aid in diagnosis.” Id., 259 Ind. 189 , 285 N.E.2d at 275-76.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““ ‘It has been repeatedly held that a plea of insanity opens wide the door to all evidence relating to the defendant and his environment. In' many instances evidence would not otherwise be competent or material except for showing the mental condition or mental state of the defendant.' " (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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