Dear: A Defense Case Study

He reports the patient’s roommate was subsequently evicted from his home after the landlord inquired about the ambulance visiting. He reports he contacted her father concerning the patient residing within the family home, but the father has said no. In addition, he reports he has attempted to contact her uncle but has been unable to make contact with him. He reports he has attempted to make contact with her said friend who is considering allowing her the opportunity to reside with her but she has not answered her phone and he has been unable to leave a voice message. He reports no one wants her in their home, and the patient has “burned her bridges” with family members. He reports her family would benefit from counseling. In addition, he reports her family has high expectations of CPS. He reports her current case was not going to close within 12 days of 06/30/2017. In addition, the case will not

The man Vince Li, killed another man named Tim McLean however he was not convicted for this murder. He was found not criminal responsible for the crime. The reason for this is because they deemed him to have a mental illness. The symptoms Vince Li displayed was that he heard the voice of God, and that God told him that he is the second coming of Jesus. Also, he believed that he must prepare rescue himself from and upcoming alien invasion and that McLean was an alien. These are symptoms which lead to the mental disorder schizophrenia, this is what cause him to be found NCR for the murder. The key issue to this controversial case is the fact someone died and it would increase the negative perception of mental illness. Another issue is diagnosing

. The husband of the plaintiff file a petition to the court that his wife[plaintiff] is mentally ill and needs to have a court order directing the admission of her to the mental health hospital. The petition initiated by plaintiff’s husband is the order of the Wayne County probate court, and it is also appropriately certified by Doctors Wolodzko, who after appearing in her house and introducing himself as a doctor , and have a conversation with her in person that day and another day in telephone, determine that she is suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and Smyk. The court gave the order and the Plaintiff was taken by ambulance from her home to a private psychiatric

Edwards, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, spent five years restoring competency for his criminal trial (Morris & Frierson, 2008). At his first trial, Edwards requested to represent himself. However, the court denied his request, as he required a continuance to proceed pro se. The first trial resulted in a hung jury (Morris & Frierson, 2008). At the retrial, Edwards requested to represent himself once again.

When I reach the end of his Trial document, I see the separate scores for his interview and physical sections. Both are perfect. The only thing that’s weird is a brief note written next to his interview score: Attention. Day didn’t fail his Trial. Not even close.

The question at hand then, is rather or not his mental issues make him unfit to stand trial for homicide. Looking at the

The murder case of Lennie Smalls is currently deeply being further investigated. High speculations grow of George Milton intentionally murdering him counted as 1st degree murder or proven innocent as mercy killing. 1st degree murder is also known as unlawful,planned killing meaning a murder was committed after planning or lying in wait for the killing to begin. Mercy killing (also known as euthanasia) is when someone legally kills someone because the person that is getting killed thinks it’s their best interest to relieve their agony and to end their terminal, irremediable condition.

to the allegation against him that he killed his wife’s lover and the wife. Despite the fact that he

so as not to be hauled to court. This refusal to treat patients has already

He was called into question the possible offenses being taken place at Dr. Drake’s office

The case of Mr. Weinstein was that he strangled his wife and made it seem like it was suicide by throwing her out of a twelve floor apartment. The lawyer told judge that his brain was a spider web and this caused him to do violence he supposedly did not know. Then the judge said any person with a mental issue or anyone that doesn’t know from right or wrong or had a bad childhood should not be guilty. Which means anybody can be executed. On October 1992 Judge Richard said that Weinstein’s lawyer told the jury that by brain scanners identified the web spider web but was not sure if there was any violent. Another situation of abuse was when Charles Whitman killed his wife and mother and thirteen other people of the University of Texas tower then were shot down. Is reason was his tumor had pressure in his amygdala which is a roughly almond- shaped mass of gray matter inside each cerebral hemisphere, which is experiencing of emotions and caused him to do this.

But looking further into it, some see logical thinking. His thinking does show logic. He shows aspects of logic through basing his thinking off the legal system, going off points that have already been agreed upon by

The standard for competency to stand trial in the United States is that the defendant must be both oriented to time and place and able to recall events as to assist their lawyer, and able to communicate properly to the counsel with rational and factional understanding of the proceedings against them, a standard that has been adopted by every state in the United States (Dusky v. United States). To be regarded as incompetent, the defendant must not meet these standards and also has to be mentally ill, though this does not include things like antisocial personality, substance abuse, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder. A defendant can be tested for competence to stand trial at any time during the criminal proceeding. A defendant's irrational behavior,

Competency in the legal system can be dated all the way back to Common Law when a defendant nearly had to possess a sufficient mental capacity and an understanding of the trial ahead of him. As stated before it wasn’t until the 1960s when the Supreme Court ruled in Dusky v. United States that competency became a constitutional requirement.

Many are disturbed by the execution of mentally challenged or incompetent criminals. The U.S Supreme Court on June 20, 2002 declared that the execution of the mentally challenged is unconstitutional, as well as cruel and unusual punishment. The “criminal” is usually pardoned when further evidence comes out. An incident of this happening is the case of David Vasquez. David Vasquez was arrested for the murder of a woman who was killed in her Arlington County, Virginia home. She was sexually assaulted and then hung. Vasquez, who was borderline mentally retarded, had reportedly confessed to the crime, allegedly supplying details not released to the public. Additionally, Vasquez could not provide an alibi and was placed near the scene of the crime by two eyewitnesses. Investigators also found pubic hairs that visually resembled those of Vasquez. Vasquez’s attorneys argued that the interrogations were tainted because of his lower than normal intelligence. Friends said that he reacts to the world like a young child and that he is easily flustered under pressure. He was described in court as having “borderline retarded/low normal” intelligence. He was so scared of being executed that he pled guilty to a crime he did not commit.