PY 377 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Gabrielle Giffords, Insanity Defense, Jared Lee Loughner
17 Mar 2018
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November 7, 2017: assisting in one"s defense consulting with lawyer, relating to lawyer, planning strategy, Raising the issue of competence: the judge can order an evaluation of the defendants if a bona fide doubt exists, competence evaluations are used to: obtain information about an insanity defense, It is easy to obtain evaluations guarantee temporary incarceration of a potentially dangerous person, to deny bail, or to delay the trial. In about 15% of cases defense attorneys question their client"s competency: jared loughner was arrested after being wrestled to the ground after he walked up to. Congresswoman gabrielle giffords and shot her then turned his gun on the crowd: mr. loughner was a troubled young man with a history of outburst, his thoughts are random and disorganized, he had delusions, he suffered from schizophrenia. Evaluating competence: the defendant is arranged to be seen by a mental health professional, most evaluations are conducted in an outpatient facility.
