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Court Cases
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Jenkins vs. US | 1962: psychologists can testify as expert witnesses |
| People vs. Hawthorne | 1940: expert testimony is based on knowledge not degree |
| Addington vs. Texas | 1979: clear and convincing evidence during a civil commitment/guardianship hearing |
| Dusky vs. US | 1960: minimum standard of competence to stand trial |
| Medina vs. California | 1992: burden can be placed on defendant to show competence to stand trial (based on Teofilo Medina case in 1992) |
| Cooper vs. Oklahoma | 1996: illegal to ask defendant to demonstrate competency beyond clear and convincing evidence |
| Godinez vs. Moran | 1993: standard for competency is uniform (trial, plea deal, represent self) |
| Indiana vs. Edwards | 2008: competency to conduct defense |
| Wilson vs. United States | 1968: amnesia (enough said) |
| Jackson vs. Indiana | 1972: indefinite commitment violates due process and = protection clause |
| Clark vs. Arizona | 2006: no minimum standard for not guilty by reason of insanity |
| Kane vs. United States | 1968: exclusion of intoxication from insanity defense |
| People v. Lim Dum Dong | 1938: dementia and Korsakoff's application to insanity defense |
| Jones vs. United States | 1983: no relationship between sentence length and commitment length (in case of insanity) because first purpose is punishment and 2nd purpose is treatment. |
| Atkins v. Virgina | 2002: unconstitutional to execute mentally retarded individuals |
| Furman vs. Georgia Gregg vs. Georgia | 1972: TX and Georgia death penalty violate 8th/14th amend. 1976: upholds Georgia's new statute (1 aggravating and mitigating factors) |
| Lockett vs. Ohio | 1978: anything can be added as mitigating factor |
| Panetti vs. Quarterman | 2007: rational and rationale for execution not the same understanding |
| Plaisance vs. Texaco | 1991: was the reason (tort law) foreseeable or a breach of duty |
| Carter vs. General Motors | 1961: workman's comp works for emotional injury comparable to physical injury |
| Meritor Savings Bank vs. Vinson | 1986: sexual harassment that creates hostile work environment = discrimination based on sex |
| Harris vs. Forklift Systems | 1993: hostile work environment- even in absence of specific harm |
| Ellison vs. Brady | 1991: "reasonable woman" standard |
| Oncale vs. Sundowner Offshore Services | 1998: same-sex discrimination included |
| O'Connor vs. Donaldson | 1975: can't hospitalize based solely on mental illness |
| Vitek vs. Jones | 1980: prisoners have due process that prevent transfer to psychiatric facility |
| Sell vs. United States | 2003: restoring defendant to competency prior to trail- 1. must have important governmental interest 2. likelihood that medication=competency 3. less intrusive treatments = less effective 4. medically appropriate |
| Kansas vs. Hendricks | 1997: sex offender commitment is a civil- not a criminal- matter therefore "double jeopardy" didn't apply |
| Kansas vs. Crane | 2002: mental disorder need not result in absolute loss of control- sexual behavior is enough |
| Painted vs. Bannister | 1966: best interest of child in child custody hearings- this dispenses with "chattel" (dad property) or tender years (mother custody) |
| Troxel vs. Granville | 2000: visitation rights in best interest of child (3rd party visitation) |
| Santosky vs. Kramer | 1982: termination of parental rights upon "preponderance of evidence" (in this case- or neglect) |
| In re Gault | 1967: rights of accused (to due process) in juvenile court proceedings (case with the 15 years old and the lewd telephone call...) |
| McKeiver vs. Pennsylvania | 1971: jury process adversarial in juvenile cases |
| In re Winship | 1970: delinquency (juvenile) must be found by a standard of beyond a reasonable doubt |
| Kent vs. United States | 1966: waiver of rights leads to full hearing (16 year old accused of rape transferred without hearing) |
| Roper vs. Simmons | 2005: violation of 8th amendment to execute under 18 years of age |
| Stanford vs. Kentucky | 1989: originally 16 years of age was minimum for execution |
| Graham vs. Florida | 2010: cannot impose life sentence without parole to juvenile case (non homicidal) |
| Fare vs. Michael C. | 1979: "totality of circumstances" for youth to waive Miranda rights |
| Tarasoff vs. Board of Regents in California | 1976: duty to inform (psychologist did not inform victim of harm wish from client) |
| Neil vs. Bigger AND manson vs. Braithwite | 1972 & 1977- both cases deal with reliability of eyewitness testimony ID 5 factors: 1. opportunity of witness to view offender 2. degree of attention 3. prior description accuracy 4. level of certainty 5. length of time between crime and ID process |
| State vs. Michaels | 1993: overturn a case based on suggestive questioning |
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