Mitten v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “During the course of the trial, this statement was admitted into testimony. However, the jury was aware that Mitten asserted a plea of insanity. Defense counsel commented on the plea of insanity during voir dire. Witnesses for the defense offered opinions regarding Mitten’s degree of sanity at the time of the murders. In [the psychologist's comment, it is clear Mitten is simply expressing a desire that his insanity defense would be successful and that he would be released quickly. We find no implication of the issue of guilt or guilt by reason of insanity [sic ] in this statement. 2”

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2. “[Prosecutor]: Now, referring to your report dated 5-22-98, in the same paragraph where we talked earlier about your conclusion or opinion, that, “The patient” — the patient being Cody Mitten — “is evasive and somewhat manipulative,” is it true that that statement contains a statement, “He is very interested in being found not guilty by reason of insanity and feels that he will be quickly released into the community after a few months”? [Dr. Quinn]: Yes.”

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3. “We feel it goes clearly to rebut the defense of insanity, by virtue of the fact that this defendant was faking, this defendant was manipulating various people throughout, and was seeking to, basically, beat the rap. ... I think it is certainly probative of that particular issue and it should be admitted.”

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   e.g. Mitten v. State