Ricera Biosciences, LLC v. Nordion Inc.

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• holding statutory rule requires an inquiry into a defendant’s decision not to plead insanity
• on statutory grounds, permitting counsel to present an insanity defense over defendant’s clear objection where the defendant’s reasons for rejecting the defense did not pass a test of “basic rationality.”
• in appropriate cireumstances, courts may impose NGRI plea and defense over defendant's objection
• “The legislative choice of language may be concluded to be a deliberate one calculated to obtain the result dictated by the plain meaning of the words.” (quoting City & County of Denver v. Gallegos, 916 P.2d 509, 512 (Colo. 1996))
• section 16-8-103.6 involves the waiver of the “physician-patient privilege”

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