Wagner v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. ““* * *. The only evidence of insanity at the time of the commission of the offense or at the time of the trial was the two judgments of 1944 and 1946. This evidence was not only not conclusive (Murrell v. Commonwealth, 291 Ky. 65 , 163 S.W.2d 1 ), but in view of the length of time which had elapsed it did not even raise a presumption of insanity. See Davidson v. Commonwealth, 171 Ky. 488 , 188 S.W. 631 ; Commonwealth v. Strickland, Ky., 375 S.W.2d 701 . In the latter case it was held that an insanity adjudication shortly before a trial would not itself constitute evidence to support the vacation of a conviction. * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Delehanty v. Kahn