160 Ind. App. 697 - Fitch v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
24
cited by 24 later decisions
1
states following
October 1986
most recently cited
22 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Freeman · Hill v. State · Flowers v. State · United States v. Shapiro · Smith v. State
Most-quoted passages
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““Expert testimony is not conclusive upon the issue of a criminal defendant’s sanity. The adoption of such a view, would constitute a usurpation of the role of the judge or jury as the trier of fact. The function of the expert witness is advisory in nature. He does not state fact. Rather, he-renders an opinion to aid the trier of fact with whom the ultimate decision on the issue must rest. Smith v. State (1972), [259] Ind. [187], 285 N.E.2d 275 ; Hill v. State (1969), 252 Ind. 601 , 251 N.E.2d 429 .” Fitch v. State (1974), 160 Ind. App. 697 , 313 N.E.2d 548 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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