Tennessee Supreme Court· 12/31/1979

State v. Patton

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593 S.W.2d 913
1979 Tenn. LEXIS 534

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holding that “a jury is not required to accept testimony of a psychiatrist on the issue of sanity to the exclusion of lay testimony or to the exclusion of evidence of the actions of the petitioner inconsistent with insanity”
noting that a psychiatrist’s testimony opened the door to the state’s being able to cross-examine the defendant about specific instances of conduct
noting that a psychiatrist’s testimony opened the door to the state’s being able to cross-examine the defendant about specific instances of conduct
reiterating that the State may not elicit character or reputation testimony about the defendant during its case-in-chief and that the defendant must open the door to evidence of his character or reputation

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Judges: Cooper, Brock, Harbison, Henry, Fones

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