State v. Laffoon

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• expert may not testify that at the time of the crime defendant lacked ability to form specific intent
• “Often facts may support another lesser conviction but if not charged in the indictment, the lesser offense may not be found.”
• trial judge correctly refused to let psychiatrist testify about impact of voluntary intoxication on ability to form specific intent for second-degree murder
• “Often facts may support another lesser conviction but if not charged in the indictment, the lesser offense may not be found.”
• “A defendant need not necessarily commit assault when attempting murder since murder may be attempted without committing physical injury.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).