United States v. Richard A. Leonard

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that examiners may choose any method for evaluations accepted by the medical or psychology professions
• construing Fed. R. Crim. Proc. 12.2[c]; defendant’s statements during a court-ordered mental examination are admissible solely on the issue of sanity and may not be used for impeachment
• “[P]sychiatrists would not be able to obtain reliable testimony [on the issue of sanity] unless they were free to inquire into the prior conduct of the defendant, including his participation in the criminal activity with which he is charged.”
• “[P]sychiatrists would not be able to obtain reliable testimony [on the issue of sanity] unless they 13 were free to inquire into the prior conduct of the defendant, including his participation in the criminal activity with which he is charged.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).