Noggle v. Marshall’s Empirical Analysis

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7 federal appellate · 1 district · 20 state decisions

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1. “Evidence of a defendant’s inculpatory statements during a psychiatric examination cannot be admitted to prove guilt. To hold otherwise would make the privilege against self-incrimination illusory. Moreover, such evidence should not be permitted to affect the jury’s determination on that issue to any greater extent than is inherent in an insanity plea which unavoidably may contain an admission that defendant did the act but under circumstances for which he is not responsible.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Watters v. Hubbard · State v. Tallabas

2. “[T]he defense used two of the medical experts who had interviewed Noggle before trial as witnesses, Doctor Weitman, a psychologist, and Doctor Vincencio, a psychiatrist. The two doctors reported on the result of their evaluation of Noggle, detailing the family history and his “dis-associative mental state” that subjected him to blank spells in high-stress situations. Both experts testified that Noggle was insane in response to the defense’s hypothetical question that assumed, for the purpose of the sanity determination, that Noggle had been a participant in the stabbing. The defense did not inquire into any statements Noggle had made to the two doctors concerning the crime. On cross-examination, and over an objection by defense counsel of unspecified “privilege,” the two doctors narrated what Noggle had related to each of them about his participation in the killing of Mr. Grauer, including his statement that he had stabbed the victim at least once. On rebuttal, the State called the third expert consulted by the defense, Dr. Res-nick. The defense objection to Dr. Res-nick’s testimony, as precluded by the phy sician-patient privilege provided under Ohio law, was overruled. Dr. Resnick testified that the “defendant’s own words, his description of his actions, his behavior is the most single important information in addition to the background material on which [to] base my conclusion.” He narrated in detail statements made to him by Noggle during the course of his interview, incl”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Watters v. Hubbard

3. “a difficult question under the Sixth Amendment,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hutchinson v. People