Ex Parte Woods’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[i]n the instant case Dr. Garcia did not so testify. He was asked a hypothetical question. His response was based upon the hypothetical facts he was asked to assume. Hypothetical testimony alone by a qualified psychiatrist, even one who has not examined the individual, is admissible and in such cases Estelle v. Smith, supra, is not ordinarily applicable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Woods v. Johnson

2. “[a] jury could not reasonably construe Dr. Garcia's testimony, including the cross-examination, as being influenced by or derived from the court-ordered pretrial psychiatric examination of Applicant”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Woods v. Johnson

3. “prediction of the members of the judicial system is almost, if not more accurate, than the people in the behavioral sciences.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Woods v. Johnson