Greentree at Lynbrook Condominium No. 1 v. Board of Assessors

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• holding that statements can be compelled testimonial self-incrimination since sanity goes to guilt or innocence of the accused
• holding that where doctor was retained to evaluate defendant’s state of mind and the evaluation was shared with the government, the defendant could not object to a subpoena by the government to have the doctor testify
• holding defense counsel in a case involving a potential defense of insanity must be free to hire a psychiatric expert to advise him with respect to the defendant's mental condition without risk of creating a potential government witness
• admission of testimony of psychiatrist who conducted examination of accused at behest of defense attorney in trial where defendant pled insanity was error
• district court's failure to give a particular charge is not reversible error where the charge would have been incorrect
• district court’s failure to give a particular charge is not reversible error where the charge would have been incorrect

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