Arizona Supreme Court· 7/22/1993

State v. Schackart

Citations

858 P.2d 639
175 Ariz. 494
144 Ariz. Adv. Rep. 11
1993 Ariz. LEXIS 59

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applying case law allowing rebuttal expert testimony in insanity defense cases to expert testimony in Rule 11, Ariz. R. Crim. P., proceedings, where mens rea at issue
vacating death sentence and ordering new sentencing hearing based on a finding that the sentencing transcript was inadequate given the broad scope of the court’s obligation to independently review defendant’s death sentence
\To hold otherwise would deprive the state of the only adequate means to contest the conclusions of a defense psychiatric expert.\
\To hold otherwise would deprive the state of the only adequate means to contest the conclusions of a defense psychiatric expert.\
“If the defense wishes to challenge the manner in which a mental examination has been conducted, or an expert’s conclusions, this can be done on cross-examination or during the testimony of its own witness.”
record must be sufficient “to afford defendant a meaningful right of appeal” under state constitution

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Judges: Zlaket, Moeller, Corcoran, Martone, Fernandez

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