Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Saucier v. Alcede

Saucier v. Alcede, 516 U.S. 1053 (1996)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1996-01-08
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • stating defendant waived psychiatrist-patient - 10 - J-S43007-19 privilege by deciding to pursue insanity defense at trial
  • hearsay exception for former testimony, which requires unavailability, permits admission of former testimony when physically available and competent witness becomes legally “unavailable” due to full or partial memory loss

Citator

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C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.