Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Flemings v. Dinkins
498 U.S. 818
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1990-10-01
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- trial court may order a defendant to submit to a psychiatric examination even before the defendant asserts an insanity defense
- if state forced to wait nearly one year to conduct mental status examination, it would have little or no persuasive weight on issue of defendant’s mental condition at time of trial
Citator
UpLaw has not yet analyzed Flemings v. Dinkins. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.
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- 28 opinions
C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.