Legal Opinion
Anderson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 2, 2017No. 15-2683PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Chief Judge.
At the time Denny Ray Anderson pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, the district court had only a general knowledge of Anderson’s mental-health problems. The court knew that Anderson had been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic and that he was on psychotropic medication. But it did not know what other illnesses Anderson had, what medication he had been prescribed, and how the drugs affected his functioning. The court also was unaware that Anderson had only spotty access to his medication while in jail awaiting trial. His appointed counsel, who had…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Godinez v. MoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- United States v. James GarrettCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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