Legal Opinion
United States v. Kowal
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided October 26, 1984No. Crim. H-84-1 (PCD)PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON GOVERNMENT’S MOTION TO REQUIRE DEFENDANT’S COMPLIANCE WITH THE INSANITY DEFENSE REFORM ACT OF 1984
DORSEY, District Judge.
The government has moved that the court require that defendant’s duly-noticed insanity defense comport with the requirements of the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984 (Act) signed into law by the President on October 12,1984. While the Act is in effect, its revised and curtailed grounds of insanity and reallocation of the burden of proof to the defendant may not be applied to defendant’s trial. As the offenses charged were allegedly committed by defendant before…
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