Legal Opinion
Bethea v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 27, 1976No. 8460PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Associate Judge:
This is an appeal from a conviction of first-degree murder in which the defense of insanity was unsuccessful. Appellant contends that the trial court erred (1) in refusing to instruct the jury according to both the American Law Institute’s standard for an insanity defense and the principle of “diminished capacity” 1 as adopted (the latter by dicta) in United States v. Brawner, 153 U.S.App.D.C. 1, 471 F.2d 969 (1972) (en banc), and (2) in refusing to charge the jury that the government had the burden of proving appellant’s sanity beyond a reasonable doubt. While we…
2Cases cited104 opinions
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3Cited by129 opinions
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- United States v. Pohlot, StephenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
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