Ford v. Gaither’s Empirical Analysis
953 F.2d 1296 · 1992
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
June 2010
most recently cited
5 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ake v. Oklahoma · Kemp v. Blake · Blake v. Kemp · Thelma C. Raley, Inc. v. Kleppe · Cowley v. Stricklin
Most-quoted passages
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“[The Arizona Supreme Court] wrongly subjects Ake claims to harmless-error analysis. In Ake, we did not endeavor to determine whether the petitioner’s case had been prejudiced by the lack of a psychiatrist. Rather, we determined that, in general, psychiatric assistance is of extreme importance in cases involving an insanity defense, and that without that assistance “the risk of an inaccurate resolution of sanity issues is extremely high.” Because the petitioner had made the threshold showing that his sanity was a significant issue at trial and the State had failed to offer psychiatric assistance, we reversed and remanded for a new trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gretzler v. Stewart
How this case has been treated — in progress
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