Washington Supreme Court· 2/2/2017

State v. Clark

Citations

187 Wash. 2d 641
389 P.3d 462

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considering first whether the trial court had excluded relevant defense evidence
abuse of discretion review of evidentiary rulings and de novo review of whether such rulings violated the defendant's right to present a defense
diminished capacity defense undermines a specific element of an offense— a culpable mental state
“diminished capacity requires an expert diagnosis of a mental disorder and expert opinion testimony connecting the mental disorder to the defendant’s inability to form a culpable mental state in a particular case”

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Judges: Fairhurst, González, Johnson, Madsen, McCloud, Owens, Stephens, Wiggins

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