Weber v. Israel’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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1. ““In my opinion, the petitioner’s failure to pursue his plea of mental disease was properly deemed a waiver. Mr. Weber did nothing to demonstrate a continued interest in that plea during the year and a half which transpired between the time he ‘apparently’ entered the plea and the trial itself. Although represented by counsel during that period, there was no effort made by the defense to persist in the defense of mental disease; no objection was made to the format of the actual trial. •k ¡k ¡k sje :k * Accordingly, I reject his contention that his random reference to insanity a year and a half before the trial entitles him to the granting of a writ of habeas corpus.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Weber v. Israel