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.

Cited by
28 opinions

C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.