OCDLA Alumni Watch

This wikilog article is a draft, it was not published yet.

by: Ryan • November 18, 2012 • no comments

From SCOTUSblog:

At its November 20, 2012 Conference, the Court will consider petitions seeking review of issues such as whether an insanity defense must be available in criminal cases, the Sixth Amendment and non-unanimous jury verdicts, attorney's fees in cases involving the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, and the interpretation of the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act.

I've already mentioned the non-unanimous case in a previous post. But I wanted to bring your attention to the insanity case. The state appellate attorney on the insanity case was Spencer Hahn, formerly of Oregon and MDI.

Two thoughts: nice work and good luck, Spencer.

And how bizarre -- and horrifying -- that any state would get rid of the insanity defense.