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Tag Archives: involuntary
The Daily Digest, 6/6/2011
One of the most interesting claims using neurological evidence is withdrawal of a guilty plea, arguing the entry of that plea was involuntary or that the defendant lacked the competency to enter such a plea. This was a claim of … Continue reading
The Daily Digest, 4/11/11
The case today has a really fascinating discussion of (in)voluntary intoxication. Can alcoholism, itself, satisfy the standard for a mental disease or defect for the insanity defense? In other words, can a defendant prevail on the claim that his mental … Continue reading
Posted in Behavioral Genetics, Criminal
Tagged alcoholism, insanity, intoxication, involuntary, PTSD
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