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People v. Herrera

Citations

  • 87 P.3d 240
  • 2003 Colo. App. LEXIS 2039
  • 2003 WL 23095447

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  • affirming that a noncooperative defendant does not lose right to bring defense of mental condition, despite lack of expert witness testimony
  • “[T]he privilege against self-incrimination is not implicated by a court-ordered mental examination when the information obtained therefrom is admitted only on the issue of mental condition.”
  • “The insanity statute protects [the privilege against self-incrimination] by limiting evidence obtained during [a sanity] examination to a defendant’s mental condition” under “§ 16-8-107(1)(a), (1.5)(a).”
  • evidence derived from court-ordered examinations concerning a defendant's capacity to form the requisite mental state is constitutionally admissible
  • testimony implicating defendant's culpability, not just his capacity to form mental state at issue, was improperly admitted
  • “The right of a defendant to confront adverse witnesses is guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments and includes an opportunity for effective cross-examination.”

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Judges: Casebolt, Piccone, Roy

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