Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “All the evidence points to a finding that Smith ... appreciate[d] the wrongfulness of his conduct when he shot Officer Jordan. Smith admitted ... that what he did was illegal and morally wrong. All three medical experts testified that Smith, even if suffering from a mental illness, could appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct. The record contains no contrary evidence. Thus, [our] focus ... is on the second prong of the legal responsibility test: whether Smith had substantial capacity to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law when he shot Officer Jordan.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pulusila v. State